Comparison of metformin and insulin in the control of hyperglycaemia in non-diabetic critically ill patients

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-211

  Mojtahedzadeh, Mojtaba ^a   Jafarieh, Arash ^a   Najafi, Atabak ^a   Khajavi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Khalili, Neda ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Farzan Clinical Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hyperglycaemia; ICU; Insulin; Metformin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; PIG INSULIN;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APACHE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IRAN; MALE; METFORMIN; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864544041     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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