Tight glycemic control: what do we really know, and what should we expect?
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* Corresponding author: Stanley A Nasraway snasraway@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Box 4630, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Critical Care 2010, 14:198 doi:10.1186/cc9236
See related research by Chase et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/R154
Published: 24 September 2010Abstract
Tight glycemic control has engendered large numbers of investigations, with conflicting results. The world has largely embraced intensive insulin as a practice, but applies this therapy with great variability in the manner of glucose control and measurement. The present commentary reviews what we actually know with certainty from this vast sea of literature, and what we can expect looking forward.