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Does intensive insulin therapy during cardiac surgery improve postoperative outcome?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism volume 3, pages 630–631 (2007)Cite this article

boxed-textGandhi GY et al. (2007) Intensive intraoperative insulin therapy versus conventional glucose management during cardiac surgery: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 146: 233–243

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium greet.vandenberghe@med.kuleuven.be

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