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• Insulin Therapy for Hospitalized Patients Should Not Be Abandoned

• Endocrine Society suggests that the upper limit of the target BG range for ICU patients be 180 mg/dL

• Computerized glucose regulation in the ICU-how to create artificial control

• Glucose Meters in the ICU

• The Relationship between Hyperglycemia and Surgical Site Infection

• Tight Glycemic Control: What Do We Really Know, and What Should We Expect?

• Treating Americans With Diabetes Cost Hospitals $83 Billion

• Intensive nursing work schedules and the risk of hypoglycaemia in critically ill patients who are receiving intravenous insulin
• Glycemic Variability in Inadequately Controlled Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes on Intensive Insulin Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Study
• Tight Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients
• Could Susceptibility to Low Hematocrit Interference Have Compromised the Results of the NICE-SUGAR Trial?
• Lessons Learned from Glycemia Control Studies
• Inpatient Glucose Control: A Glycemic Survey of 126 U.S. Hospitals
• Sliding Scale vs Tight Glycemic Control

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• Glucose Control and Its Implications for the General Surgeon
• PROS AND CONS: Tight Perioperative Glycemic Control

• Glycemic Variability and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The Impact of Diabetes

• Perioperative Management of Diabetes: Translating Evidence into Practice

• Glycemic Control: How Tight Should it Be?

• AACE Releases New Diabetes Algorithm for Treatment of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

• POC glucose testing in critically ill patients

• A randomized controlled trial comparing a computer-assisted insulin infusion protocol with a strict and a conventional protocol for glucose control in critically ill patients.

• Does strict glucose control improve outcome?

• Glycemic Control for Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Patients

• Tight glucose control: sweet or sour?

• Effects of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C on the Fibrinolytic System of Patients Undergoing Undergoing Conventional Tight Glycemic Control

• Insulin Treatment in Intensive Care Patients.

• Severe Hypoglycemia During Intensive Insulin Therapy.

• A Systematic Review on Quality Indicators for Tight Glycaemic Control in Critically Ill Patients - Need for an Unambiguous Indicator Reference Subset.

• Glycemic Control in the ICU.

• Glucose Control in Sepsis.

• Intensive insulin therapy is associated with reduced infectious complications in burn patients.

• Consensus from Endocrinologists on Prediabetes Testing

• Antecedent Hyperglycemia is Associated with an Increased Risk of Neutropenic Infections During Bone Marrow Transplantation.

• Does glycemic status at admission predict mortality in noncritically ill hospitalized patients?

• Dynamic Tight Glycemic Control During and After Cardiac Surgery Is Effective, Feasible, and Safe.

• Clinical evidence supporting the need for glycemic control in the hospital setting. The Case for Tight Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients

• Economic Benefits of Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: The TRIUMPH Project.

• Glucose Control Reduces Post-Op Infections.

• A replicable method for blood glucose control in critically Ill patients.

• Glucose control in critical illness using a web-based insulin dose calculator.

• Treating hyperglycemia improves skeletal muscle protein metabolism in cancer patients after major surgery.

• Effect of intensive insulin therapy on β-cell function and glycaemic control in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a multicentre randomised parallel-group trial.

• Glutamine and tight glycemic control: Chicken or egg?

• Sepsis and Glycemia: Read the Fine Print!

• Moving Beyond Tight Glucose Control to Safe Effective Glucose Control.

• Glycemic Control and Reduction of Deep Sternal Would Infection Rates: A Multidisciplinary Approach. 

• Implementation and evaluation of the SPRINT protocol for tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients: a clinical practice change.

• Intensive Insulin Therapy in the Critically Ill Geriatric Patient.

• Glucose Control After Severe Brain Injury.

• Inpatient Glycemic Control on the Vascular Surgery Service.

• Intensive glycemic control to prevent vascular events: contrasting ADVANCE and ACCORD results published

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• Moving Glucose Targets Beyond the ICU

• Inpatient Point-of-Care Bedside Glucose Testing: Preliminary Data on Use of Connectivity Informatics to Measure Hospital Glycemic Control

• Computer-based Insulin Infusion Protocol Improves Glycemia Control over Manual Protocol

• Utilization of a Computerized Intravenous Insulin Infusion Program to Control Blood Glucose in the Intensive Care Unit

• The Long Run: As the P4P race continues, providers integrate EBM with data-gathering systems to cross the finish line

• Insulin Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit: The Role of Long-Acting Insulin

• Intensive Insulin Protocol Improves Glucose Control and Is Associated with a Reduction in Intensive Care Unit Mortality

• Computerized Insulin Protocol  Reduces Errors, Saves Time

• Diagnosing Diabetes: Immediate HbA1c Results Improve Glycemic Control

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• Using Data to Drive Performance Improvement in Hospitals

• For glucoses, tight theory a tough practice

• Management of Hyperglycemia in the Hospital

• First do no harm…Hypoglycemia or Hyperglycemia?

• Financial Implications of Glycemic Control: Results of an Inpatient Diabetes Management Program

• Tight Glycemic Control in the ICU

• Analysis of Healthcare Resource Utilization with Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

• Intensive Insulin Therapy in the Medical ICU

• Cost Analysis of Intensive Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Adult Patients

• Nearing High Tide on Low Blood Sugars

• Tight Control Key for Inpatient Care

• Facing the Diabetes Epidemic — Mandatory Reporting of Glycosylated Hemoglobin Values in New York City

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• Tight Glucose Control Cuts Heart Disease by Half in Type 1 Diabetes

• A Tight Glycemic Control Initiative

• Tools Evolve as Market Shifts

• Insulin Protocol for Adult Surgical Heart Patients

• Preparing for the Next Vital Sign: Blood Glucose Level

• Care in U.S.Hospitals - The Hospital Quality Alliance Program

• Quality of Care in U.S. Hospitals as Reflected by Standardized Measures, 2002 –2004

• Glucose Testing Variability and the Need for an Expert Oversight Committee

• Implementation Conference for ACE Outpatient Diabetes Mellitus Consensus Conference Recommendations: Position Statement

• Targeting Improvements in the ICU: Challenges and Solutions

• ICUs Tighten Belts on Blood Glucose Levels

• Glycemic Control in the ICU

• Targeting Tight Glycemic Control

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• Glycemic Control From 1988 to 2000 Among U.S. Adults Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes

• Quality Specifications for Glucose Meters: Assessment by Simulation Modeling of Errors in Insulin Dose

• Implementation of a Safe and Effective Insulin Infusion Protocol in a Medical Intensive Care Unit

• Tight Glucose Control in Diabetes Lowers Risk of Atherosclerosis

• Medscape Medical News 2004

• Treatment of Elevated Blood Sugar Levels in Intensive Care Patients Results in 29% Reduction in Mortality

• The Impact of Hyperglycemia and Intravenous Insulin on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes

• Glycemic Control and Hyperinsulinemia

• Clamping down: How tight should glycemic control be?

• Achieving Adequate Glycemic Control in Diabetes Patients

• More Studies Support Glycemic Control in Hospitals

• The Lowdown on Hospital Blood Sugars

• Continuous Insulin Monitoring Does not Raise Hospital Costs

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