Intensive Care Medicine

, Volume 33, Issue 4, pp 570–571 | Cite as

Steps for the implementation and validationof tight glucose control

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of General Intensive Care, University Hospital CentreUniversity of LiegeLiegeBelgium

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