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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 4/2006

01-04-2006 | Correspondence

Tight glycaemic control: a survey of intensive care practice in the Netherlands

Authors: Marcus J. Schultz, Peter E. Spronk, Hazra S. Moeniralam

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 4/2006

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Sir: In this journal, Mackenzie et al. recently reported on a survey on the use of tight glycaemic control (TGC) in large English hospitals and their personal experience with this strategy [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Tight glycaemic control: a survey of intensive care practice in the Netherlands
Authors
Marcus J. Schultz
Peter E. Spronk
Hazra S. Moeniralam
Publication date
01-04-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 4/2006
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0099-4

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