Duration of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) was similar (HR 1.00, P=0.94) whether insulin was initiated only for blood glucose above 215 mg/dL (liberal control) or was given to maintain levels ...

PHOENIX -- The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) revealed updates to guidelines regarding the use of corticosteroids and glycemic control in critical illness along with a new guideline on ...

Intensive glucose control doesn't reduce mortality risk in critically ill patients when compared with conventional glucose control. Instead, it increases the risk for severe hypoglycemia by threefold, ...

February 14, 2011 — The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a new clinical guideline for glycemic control in hospitalized patients that discourages the use of intensive insulin therapy ...

Hyperglycemia is common and associated with poor outcomes in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. Randomized trials of tight glucose control have shown variable results. New research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with diabetes admitted to two ICUs in China were less likely to survive if they had a larger gap between ...

Intensive care unit deaths could be cut by about 42 percent by controlling blood sugar levels in all surgical patients, Yale doctors report. Drs. Silvio Inzucchi and Philip Goldberg have created a ...

A new report has found continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) may help reduce staff burden in the intensive care unit (ICU) by reducing the need for blood gas monitoring. Continuous glucose monitoring ...

SONDERBORG, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flowsion, the Denmark-based developer of automated continuous blood glucose control systems for intensive care medicine, today announced the CE (Conformité ...