Pediatric critical care, glycemic control, and hypoglycemia: What is the real target?

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1687-1688

  Tasker, Robert C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COGNITION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 84867707041     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.14151     Document Type: Editorial

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