What is the optimal blood glucose range to improve morbidity and mortality in surgical patients?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 671-672

  Hanazaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Munekage, Masaya ^a   Okabayashi, Takehiro ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE;

EID: 80053291061     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318230681b     Document Type: Letter

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