The Effect of Intensive Insulin Therapy in the Surgical Critical Care Unit

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We sought to determine if there is a benefit to using an insulin drip to control hyperglycemia in the surgical critical care unit for patients who undergo general and vascular surgery.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Genesys
• Collaborator: Novo Nordisk A/S
• Treatments: Insulin; Insulin, Globin Zinc

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Patients undergoing a general or vascular surgical procedure requiring admission to the surgical intensive care unit as a result of ventilatory requirement, vasopressor support, or physiologic instability

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Exclusion Criteria:

• Under age 18