A liberal glycemic target in critically ill patients with poorly controlled diabetes?

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Editorial

Jan Gunst et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;4(Suppl 1):S15.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.10.28.

¹ Clinical Division and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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