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nemment variable, allant de l’application stricte des limites
de glycémie utilisées à Louvain (4,4—6,1 mmol/l), à une
attitude plus conservatrice (insulinothérapie intraveineuse
instaurée en cas de glycémie supérieure à 10,0 mmol/l)
en passant par une attitude intermédiaire (maintien de la
glycémie en dessous de7à9mmol/l). Cette dispersion des
attitudes est reflétée par les résultats de plusieurs enquêtes
de pratique [2,33,34]. Nous avons notamment rapporté
récemment les résultats d’une enquête réalisée en Belgique
en 2007, à l’initiative du collège de la fonction soins inten-
sifs du service public fédéral «Santé Publique »(taux de
réponse : 52 sur 120, soit 43 %). Dans cette enquête, même
si 96 % des répondeurs étaient au courant des travaux de Van
den Berghe et al. [3], les limites basses et hautes de gly-
cémie considérées comme tolérables pour la majorité des
répondeurs étaient 2,8 mmol/l et 7,8 mmol/l, respective-
ment. Il est possible que les résultats de Nice-Sugar publiés
récemment [9] influenceront les pratiques et les recomman-
dations [10]. Au vu de la surmortalité à 90 jours observée
dans le groupe «insulinothérapie intensive », l’utilisation
d’une cible intermédiaire [29,35] paraît raisonnable.
Conflits d’intérêts
Aucun.
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