Insulin infused at 0.05 versus 0.1 units/kg/hr in children admitted to intensive care with diabetic ketoacidosis

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-140

  Al Hanshi, Said ^a   Shann, Frank ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

brain edema; diabetes mellitus; diabetic ketoacidosis; insulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79953084750     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181e2a21b     Document Type: Article

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