Glucose control in septic shock HOU Jing, XU Yuan.Department of Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China Corresponding author: XU Yuan, E-mail: xuyuan@trhos.com Abstract Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are common in critically ill patients, and are associated with worsened outcome. Previous studies showed that intensive insulin therapy to perform glucose control reduced morbidity and mortality. However, recent multi center studies have failed to prove those findings and have occurred high risk of hypoglycemia. Based on those conflicting clinical evidences, glucose control need to be assessed.