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01-06-2008 | Commentary

Tight glucose control: should we move from intensive insulin therapy alone to modulation of insulin and nutritional inputs?

Authors: Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Charles Preiser

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 3/2008

Abstract

The report by Chase and coworkers in the previous issue of Critical Care describes the implementation into clinical practice of the Specialized Relative Insulin Nutrition Table (SPRINT) for tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients. SPRINT is a simple, wheel-based system that modulates both insulin rate and nutritional inputs. It achieved a better glycaemic control in a severely ill critical cohort than their previous method for glycaemic control in a matched historical cohort. Reductions in mortality were also observed.

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Title: Tight glucose control: should we move from intensive insulin therapy alone to modulation of insulin and nutritional inputs?
Authors: Pierre Kalfon
Jean-Charles Preiser
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 3/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc6915

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