Should Tight Glucose Control For The Critically Ill Be Reconsidered?

New findings published in the August 27 issue of JAMA call into question the tight glucose control that many professional societies recommend for critically ill adults. Researchers performed a meta-analysis and found that tight glucose control is not associated with a significant reduction in risk of death in the hospital, but it is linked to an increased risk of hypoglycemia (lower than normal glucose sugar levels).

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Filed under: Endocrinology on September 8th, 2008