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A wise nurse can manage a paper protocol but prefers intelligent technology

Mathijs Vogelzang1*, Felix Zijlstra2 and Maarten WN Nijsten1

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1 Surgical ICU, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

2 Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Critical Care 2007, 11:423 doi:10.1186/cc6169

Published: 13 November 2007

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

We were surprised to read the letter "Tight glycaemic control: intelligent technology or a nurse-wise strategy?" by de Graaff and colleagues [1]. In this letter, the use of complex protocols for tight glucose control is questioned, and a strategy as used in Leuven is proposed: based on nurses' experience, guided with only a few very simple guidelines.