Critical Illness — Computerized Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients
Citation(s)
Carli P, Martin C [Impact of Nice-Sugar: is there a need for another study on intensive glucose control in ICU?]. Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2009 Jun;28(6):519-21. doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2009.05.002. Epub 2009 Jun 4. French.
Gontier O; Hamrouni M; Lherm T; Monchamps G; Ouchenir A; Kalfon P The CGAO software improves glycaemic control in intensive care patients without increasing the incidence of severe hypoglycaemia nor the nurse workload. Abstracts of the 21th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, 21-24 September 2007, Lisbon, Portugal. Intensive Care Med. 2008 Sep;34 Suppl 2:S220.
Guerrini A; Roudillon G; Gontier O; Rebaï L; Isorni MA; Mutinelli-Szymanski P; Sorine M; Kalfon P High glycemic variability induced by inappropriate algorithms for intensive insulinotherapy: the example of the NICE-SUGAR study. Abstract award winners: The best pre-selected abstracts of the 22th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, 11-14 October 2009, Vienna, Austria. Intensive Care Med. 2009 Sep;35 Suppl 1:S111.
Kalfon P; Marie C; Gontier O; Riou B Improvement of glycaemic control in critically ill patients with the software CGAO. Abstract of the 20th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, 7-10 October 2007, Berlin, Germany. Intensive Care Med. 2007 Sep;33 Suppl 2:S54.
Impact of the Use of a Computerized Protocol for Glucose Control Named CGAOtm on the Outcome of Critically Ill Patients
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