The NICE-SUGAR trial: Intensive glycemic control harmful in the ICU [Classics Series]
1. Intensive glycemic control in critically ill patients significantly increases 90-day mortality when compared to conventional glycemic control. 2. The...
Andrew is currently an attending physician at McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. He is responsible for leading The Classics, which reviews landmark trials in medicine, surgery, and psychiatry. He is an avid basketball fan and his hometown is Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He completed his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his MD at the University of Ottawa.
1. Intensive glycemic control in critically ill patients significantly increases 90-day mortality when compared to conventional glycemic control. 2. The...
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