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What is the upper limit of blood glucose target in hyperglycemic critically ill patients?
The new SCCM guidelines suggest an upper limit of 200 compared to the conventional 180.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I don't think there's much data that argues that setting the upper limit between 180 and 200 will make much of a mortality difference. The SCCM guidelines center around initiation of insulin infusions, and doesn't seem to say that we should start insulin infusions for BG>180, but tolerate it up t...
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