Intensive insulin therapy in mixed medical/surgical intensive care units : Benefit versus harm
Intensive insulin therapy in mixed medical/surgical intensive care units : Benefit versus harm
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Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association
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English
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Alexandria, VA: American Diabetes Association
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Intensive insulin therapy (IIT) improves the outcome of prolonged critically ill patients, but concerns remain regarding potential harm and the optimal blood glucose level. These questions were addressed using the pooled dataset of two randomized controlled trials. Independent of parenteral glucose load, IIT reduced mortality from 23.6 to 20.4% in...
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Intensive insulin therapy in mixed medical/surgical intensive care units : Benefit versus harm
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68996787
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68996787
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0012-1797
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1939-327X
DOI
10.2337/db06-0855
