Publications by authors named "Matthew C Indeck"
Increased glucose variability (GV) is an independent risk factor for mortality in the critically ill; unfortunately, the optimal insulin therapy that minimizes GV is not known. We simulate the glucose-insulin feedback system to study how stress hyperglycemia (SH) states, taken to be a non-uniform group of physiologic disorders with varying insulin resistance (IR) and similar levels of hyperglycemia, respond to the type and dose of subcutaneous (SQ) insulin. Two groups of 100 virtual patients are studied: those receiving and those not receiving continuous enteral feeds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: In trauma populations, improvements in outcome are documented in institutions with higher case volumes. However, it is not known whether improved outcomes are attributable to the case volume within specific higher-risk groups, such as the elderly, or to the case volume among all trauma patients treated by an institution.
Objective: To test the hypothesis that outcomes of trauma care for geriatric patients are affected differently by the volume of geriatric cases and nongeriatric cases of an institution.
Background: The care of the critically ill trauma patients is provided by intensivists with various base specialties of training. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of intensivists' base specialty of training on the disparity of care process and patient outcome.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of an institutional trauma registry at an academic level 1 trauma center.
Background: The purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing maternal and fetal outcomes associated with pelvic fractures in pregnancy.
Methods: A literature review of pelvic and acetabular fractures during pregnancy was performed, providing 101 cases for analysis (1 case report was included). Factors influencing maternal and fetal mortality were evaluated.