Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
Editorial CommentBenefits of hydroxyethyl starch: lost in translation?
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
Intensive care unit hypoglycemia predicts depression during early recovery from acute lung injury.
To evaluate the association between intensive care unit blood glucose levels and depression after acute lung injury. ⋯ Hypoglycemia in the intensive care unit is associated with an increased risk of positive screening for depression during early recovery from acute lung injury. Baseline depressive symptoms, morbid obesity, and intensive care unit benzodiazepine dose were also associated with postacute lung injury depressive symptoms. These findings warrant increased glucose monitoring for intensive care unit patients at risk for hypoglycemia and further research on how patient and intensive care unit management factors may contribute to postintensive care unit depression.