Optimal Blood Glucose Monitoring Interval for Insulin Infusion in Critically Ill Non-Cardiothoracic Patients: A Pilot Study

CONCLUSION: In patients requiring insulin infusion for sustained hyperglycemia in ICU, the risk of hypoglycemic episodes was not significantly different with less frequent BG monitoring. The compliance to hourly blood glucose monitoring and ICU was variable, and hypoglycemic episodes were similar across the groups despite the variation in monitoring.PMID:33682835 | PMC:PMC7975947 | DOI:10.23750/abm.v92i1.9083
Source: Acta Bio-Medica : Atenei Parmensis - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research