Strict glycaemic control in patients hospitalised in a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit: a randomised clinical trial

De La Rosa, Gisela; Donado, Jorge; Restrepo, Álvaro; Quintero, Alvaro; Gabriel González, Luis; Elena Saldarriaga, Nora; Bedoya, Marisol; Manuel Toro, Juan; Byron Velásquez, Jorge; Carlos Valencia, Juan; Arango, Clara; Alemán, P; Martin Vasquez, Esdras; Carlos Chavarriaga, Juan; Yepes, Andrés; Pulido, William; Alberto Cadavid, Carlos; de Investigacion en Cuidado intensivo: GICI-HPTU, Grupo

doi:10.1186/cc7017

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Strict glycaemic control in patients hospitalised in a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit: a randomised clinical trial

Published in Critical Care • Sep 17, 2008

Authors:

Gisela De La Rosa

Jorge Donado

Álvaro Restrepo

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Critically ill patients can develop hyperglycaemia even if they do not have diabetes. Intensive insulin therapy decreases morbidity and mortality rates in patients in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) and decreases morbidity in patients in a medical ICU. The effect of this therapy o...

Subject

Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

Glycemic

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