Assessment of Quality of Glycemic Control in Intensive Care Patients Treated with an Insulin Infusion at a Teaching Hospital.pdf.pdf

Can J Diabetes 38 (2014) 139e143
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Original Research
Assessment of Quality of Glycemic Control in Intensive Care Patients
Treated with an Insulin Infusion at a Teaching Hospital
Lyne Gauthier BScPhm, MSc a,*, Jessica Ferguson PharmD, MSc a, Anne-Isabelle Dubé PharmD, MSc b,
Patrick Viet-Quoc Nguyen BSCPhm, MSc a, Marie-France Beauchesne BScPhm, MSc, PharmD c,
Jean-Marie Boutin MD, PhD d
a Département de Pharmacie, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
b Pharmacy Department, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
c Département de Pharmacie, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec; and Centre de recherche clinique Etienne-Le Bel, Sherbrooke and Faculté de
Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
d Service d’Endocrinologie, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
article info abstract
Article history: Objective: To describe the quality of glycemic control in patients in intensive care units (ICUs) treated
Received 3 December 2013 with an intravenous (IV) insulin infusion at a teaching hospital.
Received in revised form
Method: This retrospective study included patients admitted to the ICU and treated with an IV insulin
22 January 2014