Resuscitation
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 191-193 , July 2007

Intensive insulin therapy in the ICU: Is it now time to jump off the bandwagon?

  • Paul E. Marik

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care, Thomas Jefferson University, 834 Walnut Street, Suite 650, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: + 1 215 955 1672; fax: +1 215 955 0830.
    • ,
  • Joseph Varon

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Houston, TX 77030, United States

Received 20 December 2006 ,Revised 1 January 2007 ,Accepted 1 January 2007.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.02.011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.01.023

Resuscitation
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