Safety and Efficacy of Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critical Neurosurgical Patients

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Abstract

Intensive insulin therapy in patients admitted to a postoperative neurosurgical ICU after brain surgery is associated with iatrogenic hypoglycemia, but it can also reduce the infection rate and shorten the ICU stay.

Topics & Keywords

Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Anesthesiology

Volume 110, Issue 3, pp. 611-619

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e318198004b

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