Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients.

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Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are common in critically ill patients, even if they have not previously had diabetes. Whether the normalization of blood glucose levels with insulin therapy improves the prognosis for such patients is not known.

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PubMed ID:: 11794168

DOI:: 10.1056/NEJMoa011300

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