Tight glycemic control reduces infection and improves neurological outcome in critically ill neurosurgical and neurological patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 692-702

  Ooi, Yinn Cher ^a   Dagi, T Forcht ^c   Maltenfort, Mitchell ^b   Rincon, Fred ^b   Vibbert, Matthew ^b   Jabbour, Pascal ^b   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^b   Rosenwasser, Robert ^b   Jallo, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Intensive insulin therapy; Tight glycemic control

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BRAIN TUMOR; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN TREATMENT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFECTION; INSULIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84865746432     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182631eb4     Document Type: Article

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