Nurse-led implementation of an insulin-infusion protocol in a general intensive care unit: improved glycaemic control with increased costs and risk of hypoglycaemia signals need for algorithm revision

BACKGROUND: Strict glycaemic control (SGC) has become a contentious issue in modern intensive care. Physicians and nurses are concerned about the increased workload due to SGC as well as causing harm through hypoglycaemia. The objective of our study was to evaluate our existing degree of glycaemic c...

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Autores principales: Alm-Kruse, Kristin, Bull, Eva M, Laake, Jon H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18205930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-7-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2245923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18205930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-7-1

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