Hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients: marker or mediator of mortality?

of Anaesthesiology, Intensive & Respiratory Care Unit, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 3Intensive & Respiratory Care Unit, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands 4Department of Intensive Care, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Corresponding author: Jack JM Ligtenberg, j.j.m.ligtenberg@int.umcg.nl Published: 27 June 2006 This article is online at http://ccforum.com/content/10/3/216 © 2006 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2006, 10:216 (doi:10.1186/cc4957) Abstract Acute hyperglycaemia has been associated with complications,...