Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 101-107 , April 2009

Nursing involvement improves compliance with tight blood glucose control in the trauma ICU: A prospective observational study

,Accepted 30 July 2008.

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PII: S0964-3397(08)00075-X

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2008.07.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 101-107 , April 2009

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