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SynthesisPediatric research2018

Tight glycemic control in critically ill pediatric patients: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Yiyang Zhao, Yang Wu, Bo Xiang

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Synthesis in Pediatric research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yiyang Zhao *Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sichuan University West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Yang Wu *Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sichuan University West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Bo XiangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Sichuan University West China Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. xb_scu.edu@hotmail.com.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University · CNSichuan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere still are controversies in the impact of tight glycemic control (TGC) in critically ill children. The aim of this study was to assess the benefits and risks of TGC compared with conventional glycemic control (CGC) in critically ill pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) by using data retrieved from randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

methodEMBASE, CNKI, PubMed, and the Cochrane Database were searched for RCTs comparing TGC with CGC in critically ill children in PICU.

resultThe meta-analysis included five RCTs representing 3933 patients and compared TGC with CGC. Our result revealed that TGC did not reduce the 30-day mortality rates (OR 0.99, 95% CI 0.74-1.32, P = 0.95) and was not associated with decreasing health care-associated infections (OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.64-1.00, P = 0.05) compared with CGC, but significantly increased the incidence of hypoglycemia (OR 6.37, 95% CI 4.41-9.21, P < 0.001).

conclusionTight glycemic control was not associated with reducing the 30-day mortality rates and acquired infections compared with CGC in critically ill children. Significant increase of the incidence of hypoglycemia was revealed in TGC group. The conclusion should be interpreted with caution for the methodological heterogeneity among trials.

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Intensive Care Units, PediatricBlood GlucoseChildChild, PreschoolCritical CareCritical IllnessCross InfectionHospitalizationHospital MortalityHumansHyperglycemiaHypoglycemiaHypoglycemic AgentsIncidenceInsulinRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicBlood GlucoseHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin

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