Cardiovascular complications constitute the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and the United Kingdom Prospective ...

Intensive insulin therapy reduces morbidity and mortality in patients in surgical intensive care units (ICUs), but its role in patients in medical ICUs is unknown. In a prospective, randomized, ...

Intensive glucose control doesn't reduce mortality risk in critically ill patients when compared with conventional glucose control. Instead, it increases the risk for severe hypoglycemia by threefold, ...

Within 24 hours after admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), adults who were expected to require treatment in the ICU on 3 or more consecutive days were randomly assigned to undergo either ...

This online activity has been developed to enhance the health professional’s ability to effectively prescribe controlled medications while minimizing their misuse whenever possible. Take the ...