Blood glucose control in the intensive care unit: Discrepancy between belief and practice

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Vlasselaers, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH CARE SURVEY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79952112710     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8984     Document Type: Note

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