Pragmatic Approach to Inpatient Diabetes Management During COVID-19

Pragmatic Approach to Inpatient Diabetes Management During COVID-19

The pandemic of COVID-19 has presented new challenges to hospital personnel providing care for infected patients with diabetes who represent more than 20% of critically ill patients in ICUs. Appropriate glycemic management... read more

Relative Hyperglycemia Predicts In-Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Relative Hyperglycemia Predicts In-Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Unlike absolute hyperglycemia, relative hyperglycemia, as assessed by the stress hyperglycemia ratio, independently predicts in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients across the glycemic spectrum. Future studies should... read more

Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility and Safety of Intermittent Enteral Feeding in Mechanically Ventilated Medical ICU Patients

Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility and Safety of Intermittent Enteral Feeding in Mechanically Ventilated Medical ICU Patients

With the advent of the feeding pump, default enteral nutrition schedules in many medical intensive care units has shifted from intermittent or bolus feeding to continuous feeds. Clinical studies suggest that each of these... read more

Resistance Training for Glycemic Control, Muscular Strength, and Lean Body Mass in Old Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Resistance Training for Glycemic Control, Muscular Strength, and Lean Body Mass in Old Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) in elderly patients is associated with accelerated loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. However, there are few meta-analysis reviews which investigate the effects of resistance training (RT) on... read more

Tight Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Children

Tight Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Children

In multicenter studies, tight glycemic control targeting a normal blood glucose level has not been shown to improve outcomes in critically ill adults or children after cardiac surgery. Studies involving critically ill children... read more