Glucometers in the ICU: how accurate are they?
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Vanderbilt University. Medical Center
Abstract
There is a large emphasis on intensive control of blood glucose in the ICU, but how accurate are the monitors we use to follow glucose? This episode reviews someof the limitations of deploying an instrument designed for control of outpatient diabetes management to tight control of blood glucose in the ICU.
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Surgery ICU Rounds - Podcasts - Glucometers in the ICU: how accurate are they?." By Jeffrey S. Guy, MD, MSc, FACS.
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Glucometers, Critical care, Burn Intensive Care Unit