Understanding low sugar from NICE-SUGAR

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1150-1152

  Hirsch, Irl B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SUGAR;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 84866345918     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1208208     Document Type: Editorial

References (10)

1. Van den Berghe G, Wouters P, Weekers F, et al. Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med 2001;345:1359-67.
2. Clement S, Braithwaite SS, Magee MF, et al. Management of diabetes and hyperglycemia in hospitals. Diabetes Care 2004;27:553-91. [Errata, Diabetes Care 2004;27:856, 1255.]
3. Brunkhorst FM, Engel C, Bloos F, et al. Intensive insulin therapy and pentastarch resuscitation in severe sepsis. N Engl J Med 2008;358:125-39.
4. The NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators. Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med 2009;360:1283-97.
5. Idem. Hypoglycemia and risk of death in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med 2012;367:1108-18.
6. Riddle MC, Ambrosius WT, Brillon DJ, et al. Epidemiologic relationship between A1C and all-cause mortality during a median 3.4-year follow-up of glycemic treatment in the ACCORD trial. Diabetes Care 2010;33:983-90.
7. Van den Berghe G, Schetz M, Vlasselaers D, et al. Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients: NICE-SUGAR or Leuven blood glucose target? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2009;94:3163-70.
8. The NICE study (https://studies.thegeorgeinstitute.org/nice/).
9. Clinical study design and performance of hospital glucose sensors. Public meeting, June 25, 2012 (http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/NewsEvents/ WorkshopsConferences/ucm304483.htm).
10. Moghissi ES, Korytkowski MT, DiNardo M, et al. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Diabetes Association consensus statement on inpatient glycemic control. Diabetes Care 2009;32:1119-31.