Blood glucose amplitude variability as predictor for mortality in surgical and medical intensive care unit patients: A multicenter cohort study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-124

  Meynaar, Iwan A ^a   Eslami, Saeid ^b   Abu Hanna, Ameen ^b   van der Voort, Peter ^c   de Lange, Dylan W ^d   de Keizer, Nicolette ^b  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood glucose amplitude variability; GLI; Glucose regulation; Glycemic variability; Intensive care; Intensive insulin treatment; MAG; MAGE; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE AMPLITUDE VARIABILITY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCEMIC LIABILITY INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ABSOLUTE GLUCOSE CHANCE PER HOUR; MEAN AMPLITUDE OF GLYCEMIC EXCURSION; MEDICAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858624897     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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