The role of hyperglycemia in acute illness: Supporting evidence and its limitations

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-281

  Corathers, Sarah Dawn ^a,b   Falciglia, Mercedes ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Diabetes; Hyperglycemia

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951551562     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.07.013     Document Type: Review

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