Does intensive insulin therapy during cardiac surgery improve postoperative outcome?

Does intensive insulin therapy during cardiac surgery improve postoperative outcome?

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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe 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 BACKGROUND This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $209.00 per year only $17.42 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support REFERENCES * Van den Berghe G _ et al_. (2001) Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. _N Eng J Med_ 345: 1359–1367 Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Ingels C _ et al_. (2006) Strict blood glucose control with insulin during intensive care after cardiac surgery: impact on 4-years survival, dependency on medical care, and quality-of-life. _Eur Heart J_ 27: 2716–2724 Article  Google Scholar  * Vanhorebeek I _ et al_. (2005) Protection of hepatocyte mitochondrial ultrastructure and function by strict blood glucose control with insulin in critically ill patients. _Lancet_ 365: 53–59 Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Furnary AP _ et al_. (2003) Continuous insulin infusion reduces mortality in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. _J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg_ 125: 1007–1021 Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Gandhi GY _ et al_. (2005) Intraoperative hyperglycemia and perioperative outcomes in cardiac surgery patients. _Mayo Clin Proc_ 80: 862–866 Article  Google Scholar  Download references ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The synopsis was written by Vicky Heath, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice. AUTHOR INFORMATION Author notes * Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium greet.vandenberghe@med.kuleuven.be AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * G Van den Berghe is Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium., Greet Van den Berghe Authors * Greet Van den Berghe View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar ETHICS DECLARATIONS COMPETING INTERESTS The author declares no competing financial interests. RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Van den Berghe, G. Does intensive insulin therapy during cardiac surgery improve postoperative outcome?. _Nat Rev Endocrinol_ 3, 630–631 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0585 Download citation * Received: 25 April 2007 * Accepted: 25 May 2007 * Published: 24 July 2007 * Issue Date: September 2007 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0585 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe 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 BACKGROUND This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe


to this journal Receive 12 print issues and online access $209.00 per year only $17.42 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF


Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact


customer support REFERENCES * Van den Berghe G _ et al_. (2001) Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. _N Eng J Med_ 345: 1359–1367 Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Ingels C _


et al_. (2006) Strict blood glucose control with insulin during intensive care after cardiac surgery: impact on 4-years survival, dependency on medical care, and quality-of-life. _Eur Heart


J_ 27: 2716–2724 Article  Google Scholar  * Vanhorebeek I _ et al_. (2005) Protection of hepatocyte mitochondrial ultrastructure and function by strict blood glucose control with insulin in


critically ill patients. _Lancet_ 365: 53–59 Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Furnary AP _ et al_. (2003) Continuous insulin infusion reduces mortality in patients with diabetes undergoing


coronary artery bypass grafting. _J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg_ 125: 1007–1021 Article  CAS  Google Scholar  * Gandhi GY _ et al_. (2005) Intraoperative hyperglycemia and perioperative outcomes


in cardiac surgery patients. _Mayo Clin Proc_ 80: 862–866 Article  Google Scholar  Download references ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The synopsis was written by Vicky Heath, Associate Editor, Nature


Clinical Practice. AUTHOR INFORMATION Author notes * Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium [email protected] AUTHORS


AND AFFILIATIONS * G Van den Berghe is Head of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium., Greet Van den Berghe Authors * Greet Van den Berghe View


author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar ETHICS DECLARATIONS COMPETING INTERESTS The author declares no competing financial interests. RIGHTS AND


PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Van den Berghe, G. Does intensive insulin therapy during cardiac surgery improve postoperative outcome?. _Nat Rev


Endocrinol_ 3, 630–631 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0585 Download citation * Received: 25 April 2007 * Accepted: 25 May 2007 * Published: 24 July 2007 * Issue Date: September


2007 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0585 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is


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