A typical sliding-scale insulin regimen (see Table 2 below) calls for a progressive increase in the amount of premeal and bedtime insulin (if the patient is eating), with the calculated dose of insulin to be administered based only on the patient’s finger-stick blood sugar taken at that ...
Of the two patients who received basal insulin, they were provided with less basal insulin dose compared to weight-based calculation. Conclusion: SSI is commonly used as monotherapy for inpatient diabetes management despite having recommendations against its use. SSI monotherapy is associated ...
The aim of this study was to assess the bolus-infusion to the sliding scale of insulin approaches, regarding percentage of the operative time with the target capillary blood glucose (CBG) range, total insulin units given to the patients, development of h