The Effect of Variable vs Fixed Feeding on Glycaemic Control in the Adult ICU: Virtual Trial Evaluation

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The Effect of Variable vs Fixed Feeding on Glycaemic Control in the Adult ICU: Virtual Trial Evaluation

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Elevated blood glucose (BG) concentrations (Hyperglycaemia) is a common complication in the adult intensive care unit (ICU), and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, it has been shown that effective glycaemic control (GC) can reduce morbidity and mortality. STAR is a modelbased GC protocol that uniquely maintains normal BG by changing both insulin and nutrition interventions, and has been proven to be effective in controlling BG levels in the ICU. However, most GC pr...

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Research paper

Research format

Conference paper

Date created

2017

Creator

Stewart K / Pretty CG / Chase, Geoff / Shaw, Geoff

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14652

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Decision support and control / Healthcare management / Disease control / Critical care / Biomedical system modelling / Simulation and visualization / Biomedical and clinical sciences / Clinical sciences / Intensive care / Medical biochemistry and metabolomics / Medical biochemistry - carbohydrates / Engineering / Biomedical Engineering

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