Effect of a computerized insulin dose calculator on the process of glycemic control

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-116

  Dumont, Cheryl ^a   Bourguignon, Cheryl ^b  

^a Winchester Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84857835691     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2012956     Document Type: Article

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