Trauma

Burns

Intensive insulin therapy confers a similar survival benefit in the burn intensive care unit to the surgical intensive care unit

Gibson BR, Galiatsatos P, Rabiee A, et al (Johns Hopkins Bayview Med Ctr, Baltimore, MD) Surgery 146:922-930, 2009^§

R.E. Salisbury, MD

Evidence Ranking

• B

Expert Rating

• 3

Abstract

Background

In contrast to the benefits of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), its benefits in the burn ICU (BICU) remain unclear. Furthermore, IIT and tight glycemic control has received little attention in elderly ICU patients.