The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 379-384.e1 , September 2008

Hyperglycemia and Outcome in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

  • Genna W. Klein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Joanne M. Hojsak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York, NY
    • ,
  • James Schmeidler, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Robert Rapaport, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Robert Rapaport, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Box 1616, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029

Received 17 August 2007 ,Revised 21 December 2007 ,Accepted 2 April 2008.

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 No conflicts of interest or sources of financial assistance to disclose.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00279-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.012

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 3 , Pages 379-384.e1 , September 2008

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