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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients with continuous insulin infusion had lower peak inotropic score during the first postoperative 24 hours and peak level of blood glucose (5. 8 2. 2 vs 8. 2 3. 1 g/kg/min ; P < 0. 0001 ; 131. 9 23. 8 vs 191. 1 38. 5 mg/dL ; P < 0. 001, respectively), shorter duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay and hospital stay compared with the control group (11. 6 2. 9 hours vs 14. 8 3. 5 hours ; P = 0. 0002 ; 28. 4 7. 2 hours vs 36. 5 7. 8 hours ; P < 0. 0001 ; 9. 4 3. 3 days vs 11. 5 4. 2 days ; P = 0. 0283, respectively).