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Keywords:

Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Algorithms, Biomedical Research, Blood Glucose, Computer Simulation, Critical Illness, Diabetes Complications, Diabetes Mellitus, Female, Humans, Hyperglycemia, Hypoglycemia, Hypoglycemic Agents, Insulin, Intensive Care Units, Male, Middle Aged, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, INTENSIVE INSULIN THERAPY, PREDICTIVE CONTROL ALGORITHM, GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL, CARDIAC-SURGERY, MODEL, CARE, IMPLEMENTATION, SAFE, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1116 Medical Physiology, 3202 Clinical sciences

Abstract:

Numerous guidelines and algorithms exist to achieve glycemic control. Their strengths and weaknesses are difficult to assess without head-to-head comparison in time-consuming clinical trials. We hypothesized that computer simulations may be useful.