Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care
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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care · Jul 2008
ReviewTight glucose control in intensive care units: an update with an emphasis on nutritional issues.
Tight glucose control in ICU patients is now regarded as a goal of successful care. Some challenge this on the basis that it produces no benefit and may cause harm. We review the recent literature with an emphasis on nutritional aspects. ⋯ Without knowledge of nutrition provision in terms of carbohydrate, total energy intake and route of administration, some studies are difficult to interpret. It is currently difficult to recommend routine use of tight glucose control in the ICU. Many clinicians have adopted regimes to control glucose between 5.0-9.0 mmol/l.
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Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care · Jul 2008
ReviewGlucagon-like peptide receptor agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in the treatment of diabetes: a review of clinical trials.
To discuss the virtues and shortcomings of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. ⋯ The benefits and position of the glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues and the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in the diabetes treatment algorithm will be clarified when we have long-term trials with hard cardiovascular endpoints and data illustrating the effects on the progression of type 2 diabetes.