Intensive Insulin Therapy in the Medical ICU
Top Cited Papers
- 2 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 354 (5), 449-461
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa052521
Abstract
Intensive insulin therapy reduces morbidity and mortality in patients in surgical intensive care units (ICUs), but its role in patients in medical ICUs is unknown.Keywords
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Intense metabolic control by means of insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI 2): effects on mortality and morbidityEuropean Heart Journal, 2005
- Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in HospitalsDiabetes Care, 2004
- Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33)The Lancet, 1998
- The Clinical Significance of Positive Blood Cultures in the 1990s: A Prospective Comprehensive Evaluation of the Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Outcome of Bacteremia and Fungemia in AdultsClinical Infectious Diseases, 1997
- Nutritional SupportThe New England Journal of Medicine, 1997
- Simplified Therapeutic Intervention Scoring SystemCritical Care Medicine, 1996
- Randomized trial of insulin-glucose infusion followed by subcutaneous insulin treatment in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI study): Effects on mortality at 1 yearJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 1995
- Alterations in carbohydrate metabolism during stress: A review of the literatureThe American Journal of Medicine, 1995
- APACHE IICritical Care Medicine, 1985
- Therapeutic Intervention Scoring SystemCritical Care Medicine, 1983