Glycemic Levels in critically ill patients: Are normoglycemia and low variability associated with improved outcomes?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1030-1037

  Signal, Matthew ^a   Le Compte, Aaron ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey M ^b   Chase, J Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Glycemic variability; Intensive care unit; Intensive insulin therapy; Mortality; Tight glycemic control

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CUMULATIVE TIME IN BAND; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS OF LIVING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875806237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681200600506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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