title: Pro/con debate: Is intensive insulin therapy targeting tight blood glucose control of benefit in critically ill patients?
abstract: You have decided to develop a protocol for insulin therapy in your intensive care unit (ICU). You wonder about the merit of using intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to maintain tight blood glucose control in your patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, St Leonards, 2065 NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Tobias M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Merz
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finfer
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin