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. 2010 Oct 21;14(5):324. doi: 10.1186/cc9240

Table 1.

Target and achieved blood glucose and mortality outcome time point by trial

Intervention group Control group


Study Glucose target (mM) Mean achieved glucose (mM) Glucose target (mM) Mean achieved glucose (mM) Mortality outcome time point
Studies included in the more recent systematic review [2]
Surgical ICU studies
 Van den Berghe and colleagues [21] 4.4 to 6.1 5.7 10.0 to 11.1 8.5 Hospital
 Grey and Perdrizet [22] 4.4 to 6.7 6.9 10.0 to 12.2 9.9 Hospital
 Bilotta and colleagues (SAH) [23] 4.4 to 6.7 5.0 < 12.2 8.3 6-month
 He and colleagues [24] 4.4 to 8.3 6.7 10.0 to 11.1 10.0 Hospital
 Bilotta and colleagues (TBI) [25] 4.4 to 6.7 5.1 < 12.2 8.2 6-month
Medical ICU studies
 Bland and colleagues [26] 4.4 to 6.1 5.8 10.0 to 11.1 9.8 28-day
 Van den Berghe and colleagues [27] 4.4 to 6.1 6.2 10.0 to 11.1 8.5 90-day
 Walters and colleagues [28] 5.0 to 8.0 6.9 ≤15.0 8.1 30-day
 Oksanen and colleagues [29] 4.0 to 6.0 5.0 6.0 to 8.0 6.4 30-day
 Bruno and colleagues [30] 5.0 to 7.2 7.4 < 11.1 10.6 90-day
Mixed medical-surgical ICU studies
 Mitchell and colleagues [8] 4.4 to 6.1 5.4 10.0 to 11.1 7.9 Hospital
 Azevedo and colleagues [9] 4.4 to 6.7 7.4 < 10.0 8.0 ICU
 Preiser and colleagues [11] 4.4 to 6.1 6.6 7.8 to 10.0 8.2 Hospital
 Brunkhorst and colleagues [12] 4.4 to 6.1 6.2 10.0 to 11.1 8.4 90-day
 Iapichino and colleagues [13] 4.4 to 6.1 6.1 10.0 to 11.1 9.1 90-day
 He and colleagues [14] 4.4 to 6.1 5.1 10.0 to 11.1 10.6 ICU
 Zhang and colleagues [15] 4.4 to 6.1 6.1 10.0 to 11.1 7.7 Hospital
 De La Rosa and colleagues [16] 4.4 to 6.1 6.5 10.0 to 11.1 8.2 Hospital
 Arabi and colleagues [17] 4.4 to 6.1 6.4 10.0 to 11.1 9.5 Hospital
 Mackenzie and colleagues [18] 4.0 to 6.0 7.0 < 11.0 8.4 Hospital
 NICE-SUGAR [4] 4.5 to 6.0 6.4 < 10.0 8.0 90-day
 Farah and colleagues [5] 6.1 to 7.8 7.9 7.8 to 11.1 9.7 28-day
 Yu and colleagues [7] 4.4 to 6.1 5.7 10.0 to 11.1 11.1 Hospital
 McMullin and colleagues [10] 5.0 to 7.0 7.1 8.0 to 10.0 9.4 Hospital
Additional studies included only in the earlier systematic review [1]
Surgical ICU studies
 Stecher and colleagues [32] 4.4 to 6.1 n/a 7.8 to 10.0 n/a n/a
 Kia and colleagues [33] 4.2 to 6.4 6.0 10.0 to 11.1 8.0 90-day
 Chan and colleagues [34] 4.4 to 6.7 7.0 < 11.1 9.3 Hospital
Medical ICU studies
 Fernandez and colleagues [35] 4.4 to 6.1 6.7 < 8.3 11.4 Hospital
 Davies and colleagues [36] 4.0 to 8.0 10.3 < 10.0 10.7 Hospital
 Gray and colleagues [37] 4.0 to 7.0 6.3 < 17.0 6.8 90-day

ICU, intensive care unit; n/a, not available; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; TBI, traumatic brain injury.