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Glucose Control and Monitoring in the ICU

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Intensive Care Medicine

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((YEARBOOK,volume 2007))

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Abstract

Recently, stress hyperglycemia, occurring in the vast majority of critically ill patients, has become a major therapeutic target in the intensive care unit (ICU). Stress associated with critical illness induces the release of counter-regulatory hormones. In addition, several clinical interventions, such as administration of corticosteroids, enteral or parenteral nutrition, or dialysis, further predispose patients to hyperglycemia. Moreover, in critical illness, changes in carbohydrate metabolism occur resulting in insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency.

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  2. Medical Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital, Lindendreef 1, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium

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De Block, C., Rogiers, P. (2007). Glucose Control and Monitoring in the ICU. In: Intensive Care Medicine. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2007. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49433-1_12

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