Duration of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) was similar (HR 1.00, P=0.94) whether insulin was initiated only for blood glucose above 215 mg/dL (liberal control) or was given to maintain levels ...

PHOENIX -- The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) revealed updates to guidelines regarding the use of corticosteroids and glycemic control in critical illness along with a new guideline on ...

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, ...

February 14, 2011 — The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued a new clinical guideline for glycemic control in hospitalized patients that discourages the use of intensive insulin therapy ...

For patients recovering after cardiac surgery, a new algorithm based on artificial intelligence (AI) could streamline the process of tracking shifts in glucose and adjusting insulin accordingly, ...

Maintaining critically ill patients’ glucose levels once they have left the intensive care unit through hospital discharge, may help bolster better outcomes, according to a study published in Mayo ...

Hyperglycemia is common and associated with poor outcomes in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. Randomized trials of tight glucose control have shown variable results. New research ...

The belief that the lower the glucose level the better in patients with type 2 diabetes who are at a high risk for MI or stroke has been called into question by an ongoing NIH-supported trial.

A new report has found continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) may help reduce staff burden in the intensive care unit (ICU) by reducing the need for blood gas monitoring. Continuous glucose monitoring ...

Pregnant patients treated for gestational diabetes had better birth outcomes if they rapidly improved their blood sugar levels soon after diagnosis rather than having slow or no improvement, according ...