Is it Safe to Use Protocols for Glycemic Control in ICU?

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Published: Sep 28, 2020

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Joana Silvestre
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Raquel Francisco
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Rui Dias
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Ricardo Inácio
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Cristiana Ponte
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Nuno Candeias
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Raquel Marques
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
António Ricardo
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Jorge Nunes
Intensive care unit, Hospital Lusíadas Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract

Background
• Stress-induced hyperglycemia is common in ICU patients
• Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are ICU and hospital mortality predictors
• Insulin infusion protocols can minimize glucose variability and reduce hypoglycemic risk

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Silvestre J, Francisco R, Dias R, Inácio R, Ponte C, Candeias N, Marques R, Ricardo A, Nunes J. Is it Safe to Use Protocols for Glycemic Control in ICU?. LSJ [Internet]. 2020Sep.28 [cited 2021Apr.22];1(2). Available from: http://lusiadasscientificjournal.pt/index.php/lsj/article/view/13
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VOL. 1 • Nº 2 • JULHO | SETEMBRO • 2020
Section
Poster Científico