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Improving IV Insulin Administration in a Community Hospital
Published on: June 11, 2012
[Continuous perfusion of low doses of insulin in severe diabetic decompensation (author's transl)]
Abstract:
Twenty one episodes of severe uncontrolled diabetes, most of them with ketoacidosis, were treated at a Medical Intensive Care Unit with fluid and electrolyte replacement and continuous perfusion of low doses of insulin. The overall results of this therapeutic approach were a progressive and gradual return to normality of all biochemical parameters with a fall of serum glucose levels and no hypoglycemic or hypokalemic accidents. Based on this study and on a review of the literature, an updated protocol for therapy of diabetic ketoacidosis is proposed.
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