ea0013oc20 | Novartis Basic Endocrinology Award | SFEBES2007
Whyte Martin
, Jackson Nicola
, Shojaee-Moradie Fariba
, Beale Richard
, Treacher David
, Blauth Christopher
, Jones Richard
, Umpleby Margot
Recent data suggest that critically-ill medical patients might not obtain as much benefit from insulin therapy as cardiothoracic patients. This may be because medical patients are more insulin resistant. We have investigated this in both groups.10 medical patients (age 67.0±4.4 y; 7M:3F, BMI 24.0±1.7 kg/m2; studied within 36 hours of admission to the ICU) and 7 post-operative cardiothoracic patients (age 71.4±3.8 y; 5M:2F, BMI 2...