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Article: New critical care medicine findings from Emory University, Medical Department described.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 4, 2009
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" Hyperglycaemia is common in critical illness and associated with poor outcome. Glycaemic control using insulin may decrease morbidity and mortality," researchers in the United States report (see also Critical Care Medicine).
"Many questions remain about the cause of critical illness hyperglycaemia (CIH). Our objective was to investigate the endocrinological basis of paediatric CIH. C-peptide and blood glucose (BG) levels were assessed in 41 children aged 2 to 18 years old who were admitted to our paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Patients who developed CIH, defined as persistent BG above 7.7 mmol/L, were treated with insulin infusion to achieve BG levels ...