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What is the upper limit of blood glucose target in hyperglycemic critically ill patients?

The new SCCM guidelines suggest an upper limit of 200 compared to the conventional 180.
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Pulmonology · Emory University Hospital Midtown
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I don't think there's much data that argues that setting the upper limit between 180 and 200 will make much of a mortality difference. The SCCM guidelines center around initiation of insulin infusions, and doesn't seem to say that we should start insulin infusions for BG>180, but tolerate it up to 2...

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