Insulin sensitivity tools for critical care.

Stress induced hyperglycaemia is prevalent in critical care. Since the landmark paper published by Van den Berghe et al. (2001) a great deal of attention has been paid to intensive insulin therapy in an ICU setting to combat the adverse effects of elevated glucose levels and poor glycaemic control....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blakemore, Amy
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering 2009
Subjects:
ICU
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2606