Hypoglycemia in critically ill adults - association yes, causation not proven

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Finfer, Simon ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA;

EID: 83755169127     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10427     Document Type: Note

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