Practical aspects of implementing tight glucose control in the ICU.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The outcomes of intervention studies implementing intensive insulin therapy aimed at tight glucose control (TGC) are yet not conclusive. There is concern about an increasing incidence of hypoglycemic episodes. Normoglycemia is not easy to obtain in a 'real-life' ICU setting. To fa...

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Published in:Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 178 - 181
Main Authors: Vogelzang M, Ligtenberg JJM
Format: review Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007 Mar
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