Blood glucose control in the ICU: how tight?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Clinical Division and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Editorial

Jan Gunst et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;5(4):76.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.45.

¹ Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Clinical Division and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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