Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 137-144 , June 2007

Achieving tight glycaemic control

  • Carol Ball

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK
    • City University London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Intensive Care Unit, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, Pond St., London NW3 2PQ, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7472 6137.
    • ,
  • Karen de Beer

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Amanda Gomm

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Barbara Hickman

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK
    • ,
  • Peta Collins

      Affiliations

    • Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK

,Accepted 17 November 2006.

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PII: S0964-3397(06)00143-1

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.11.007

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 137-144 , June 2007

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