Intensive Insulin Therapy for Strict Glycemic Control in Neurosurgical Patients: Safety and Efficacy

Effects of Intensive Insulin Therapy on Mortality, Morbidity and Long Term Neurologic Outcome in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients

Strict glycemic control improves mortality and morbidity of patients admitted to the postoperative intensive care unit (ICU). The investigators would like to know if this therapy could improve the long term neurologic and cognitive outcomes of patients treated for acute subarachnoid hemorrhage with either a surgical or intravascular approach.

Intensive Insulin Therapy and Strict Glycemic Control (80-120 mg/dL) Versus Standard Insulin Therapy in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients (Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic Brain Injury, Intracranial Expanding Lesion): Safety, and Efficacy (Mortality, Morbidity, Long Term Neurologic Outcome).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Traumatic brain injury
• Intracranial hemorrhage