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Intensive insulin therapy in the intensive care unit.
Several studies have shown that elevated glucose concentrations in patients with acute coronary syndrome and other acute severe illnesses are associated with increased short- and long-term all-cause and cardiovascular mortality (CVM). This has subsequently led to the use of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to control hyperglycemia. Earlier studies have shown that the prevention of hyperglycemia ...
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standards an expert group needs to be established to instigate their initiation and implementation. It becomes essential to examine the beliefs and values underpinning these standards and to ask whether they cohere with clinical practice. Within our own clinical area, it is particularly pertinent that an agreed understanding is met regarding treatment. This has clearly been shown during the rec...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: New England Journal of Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0028-4793,1533-4406
DOI: 10.1056/nejme058304