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Open Access 29-10-2024 | Hypoglycemia | Editorial

Managing blood glucose control in the intensive care unit

Authors: Jan Gunst, Guillermo E. Umpierrez, Greet Van den Berghe

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine

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Most critically ill patients develop insulin resistance and hyperglycemia, which are associated with mortality risk. However, the severity of hyperglycemia also reflects illness severity, highlighting the need for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to determine whether hyperglycemia directly impairs outcome [1]. We summarize RCT evidence and propose a practical framework for glucose control in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. …
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Metadata
Title
Managing blood glucose control in the intensive care unit
Authors
Jan Gunst
Guillermo E. Umpierrez
Greet Van den Berghe
Publication date
29-10-2024
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07687-y