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. 2021 Oct 15;12(10):1719–1730. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v12.i10.1719

Table 5.

Selected guideline recommendations

Casemix
Guideline (Year)
Recommended glycemic target range
Medical-Surgical American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Care in the Hospital (2021)[47] 7.8-10 mmol/L. Lower targets may be appropriate for selected patients if they can be achieved without significant hypoglycemia
Post-CA European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines (2021)[48] 7.8-10 mmol/L
Sepsis Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock (2016)[49] < 10 mmol/L and avoid hypoglycemia. Lower targets may be appropriate for selected patients if they can be achieved without significant hypoglycemia
Surgical WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective (2016)[50] Unable to define target range, though glucose control protocols recommended
TBI Brain Trauma Foundation’s Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition (2016)[51] No recommendation

CA: Cardiac arrest; TBI: Traumatic brain injury; WHO: World Health Organization.