... a protocol that aimed to achieve normoglycaemia. Thus, thelogical aims of glucose control are to eliminate hyper-glycaemia as rapidly as possible and to maintain normo-glycaemia from then onward, ... Implementation of a safe and effective insulin infusion protocol in a medical inten-sive care unit. Diabetes Care 2004, 27:461-467.31. Vincent JL, Moreno R, Takala J, Willatts S, de Mendonca A, Bruin-ing ... sex, admission type and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score were obtainedfrom case records and electronic databases of all admittedpatients to our hospital....