Blood glucose control in critically ill patients

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 975-976

  Andel, D ^a   Kamolz, L P ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866408566     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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