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Comment
. 2013 Apr 17;17(2):131.
doi: 10.1186/cc12584.

Glycemic control in the critically ill - 3 domains and diabetic status means one size does not fit all!

James S Krinsley
Comment

Glycemic control in the critically ill - 3 domains and diabetic status means one size does not fit all!

James S Krinsley. Crit Care. .

Abstract

Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and increased glucose variability have each been shown to be independently associated with increased risk of mortality in the critically ill. Sechterberger and colleagues have completed a large observational cohort study that demonstrates that diabetic status modulates these relationships in clinically meaningful ways. These findings corroborate, in a strikingly consistent manner, those of another very recently published large observational study.

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