Hypoglycemia and risk of death in critically ill patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1108-1118

  Finfer, Simon ^a   Liu, Bette ^b   Chittock, Dean R ^c   Norton, Robyn ^a   Myburgh, John A ^b   McArthur, Colin ^d   Mitchell, Imogen ^e   Foster, Denise ^f   Dhingra, Vinay ^f   Henderson, William R ^f   Ronco, Juan J ^f   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^g   Cook, Deborah ^h   McDonald, Ellen ^h   Dodek, Peter ^f   Hébert, Paul C ⁱ   Heyland, Daren K ^j   Robinson, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 84866433521     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204942     Document Type: Article

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