Diabetes & vascular disease research : official journal of the International Society of Diabetes and Vascular Disease
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Observational Study
Optimal target range for blood glucose in hyperglycaemic patients in a neurocritical care unit.
Hyperglycaemia is common among patients with critical neurological injury, even if they have no history of diabetes. The optimal target range for normalizing their blood glucose is unknown. ⋯ A differential association is evident between glucose levels and mortality in diabetes and stress-related hyperglycaemia patients. However, given the observational nature of our work, no clinical recommendations can be given and prospective studies are required to further investigate these findings.