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Strict glycaemic control in patients hospitalised in a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit: a randomised clinical trial

Gisela DC De La Rosa1*, Jorge H Donado2, Alvaro H Restrepo1, Alvaro M Quintero3, Luis G González3, Nora E Saldarriaga4, Marisol Bedoya1, Juan M Toro5, Jorge B Velásquez4, Juan C Valencia4, Clara M Arango5, Pablo H Aleman1, Esdras M Vasquez4, Juan C Chavarriaga4, Andrés Yepes4, William Pulido4, Carlos A Cadavid1 and Grupo de Investigacion en Cuidado intensivo: GICI-HPTU

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1 Department of Critical Care, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Calle 78B 69-240, Medellin, Colombia

2 Department of Epidemiology, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Calle 78B 69-240, Medellin, Colombia

3 Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Cq 1 70-01, Medellin, Colombia

4 Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Calle 78B 69-240, Medellin, Colombia

5 Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Calle 78B 69-240, Medellin, Colombia

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Critical Care 2008, 12:R120 doi:10.1186/cc7017


See related letter by Schultz et al., http://ccforum.com/content/12/5/430 and related commentary by Mesotten, http://ccforum.com/content/12/5/187

Published: 17 September 2008

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