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The impact of the severity of sepsis on the risk of hypoglycaemia and glycaemic variability

Reiner M Waeschle1*, Onnen Moerer1, Reinhard Hilgers2, Peter Herrmann1, Peter Neumann1 and Michael Quintel1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, Goettingen, 37075, Germany

2 Department of Medical Statistics, University of Goettingen, Humboldtallee 32, Goettingen, 37073, Germany

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Critical Care 2008, 12:R129 doi:10.1186/cc7097


See related commentary by Krinsley, http://ccforum.com/content/12/6/194

Published: 21 October 2008

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A pdf file containing a table that shows protocol 1 (sliding scale) and protocol 2 (dynamic scale) used for IIT.

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Additional file 2:

A pdf file containing a figure showing the mean BG level per day over the time for the two therapy protocols used. Each column represents the mean BG level of all patients at the first 28 days after admission. The numbers above the error bars indicate the number of patients involved.

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