Introducing intensive insulin therapy: The nursing perspective

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Preston, Sharon ^a   Laver, Stephen R ^a   Lloyd, Wendy ^a   Padkin, Andrew ^a  

^a Critical Care Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Critical care; Evidence based practice; Intensive Insulin therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG INTERACTION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENGLAND; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645936306     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bernard C. (1855). Lecons de physiologie experiméntale appliqué a la medicine, Vol. 1. Paris: Balliere, 296-313.
2. Brown G, Dodek P. (2001). Intravenous insulin nomogram improves blood glucose control in the critically ill. Critical Care Medicine; 29: 1714-1719.
3. Capes SE, Hunt D, Malmberg K, Gerstein H. (2000). Stress hyper-glycaemia and increase risk of death after myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes: A systematic overview. Lancet; 355: 773-778.
4. Capes SE, Hunt D, Malmberg K, Pathak P, Gerstein HC. (2001). Stress hyperglycaemia and the prognosis of stroke in nondiabetic and diabetic patients: A systematic overview. Stroke; 32: 2426-2432.
5. George K, Alberti MM, Gill GV, Elliot MJ. (1982). Insulin delivery during surgery in the diabetic patient. Diabetes Care; 5: 65-77.
6. Gore DC, Chinkes D, Heggers J, Herndon DN, Wolf SE, Desai M. (2001). Association of hyperglycaemia with increased mortality after severe burn injury. Journal of Trauma; 51: 540-544.
7. Hendra TJ, Yudkin JS. (1992). An algorithm for tight glycaemic control in diabetic infarct survivors. Diabetes Res Clin Pract; 16:213-220.
8. Laver S, Preston S, Turner D, McKinstry C, Padkin A. (2004). Implementing intensive insulin therapy: Development and audit of the Bath insulin protocol. Anaesth Intensive Care; 32: 311-316.
9. Malmberg KA, Efendic S, Ryden LE. (1994). Feasibility of insulin-glucose infusion in diabetic patient with acute myocardial infarction. Diabetes Care; 17: 1007-1014.
10. McWilliam DB. (1980). The practical management of glucose-insulin infusions in the intensive care patient. Intensive Care Medicine; 6: 133-135.
11. Müllner M, Sterz F, Binder M, Schreiber W, Deimel A, Laggner AN. (1997). Blood glucose concentration after cardiopulmonary resuscitation influences functional neurological recovery in Human Cardiac Arrest Survivors. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism; 17: 430-436.
12. Nordisk N. (2002). The Compatibility of Insulin in Intravenous Infusions 2002. Denmark: Novo Nordisk.
13. Rovlias A, Kotsou S. (2000). The influence of hyperglycaemia on neurological outcome in patients with severe head injury. Neurosurgery; 46: 335-342.
14. Schulman R, Drayan S, Harries M, Hoare D, Badcott S. (1988). University College of London Hospitals Injectable Drug Administration Guide. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd.
15. Thomas DJB, Platt HS, Alberti KGMM. (1984). Insulin-dependent diabetes during the perioperative period. Anaesthesia; 39: 629-637.
16. Trissel L. (1996). Trissel's Table of Physical Compatibility. Bethesda, MD, USA: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
17. Trissel L. (2003). Handbook of Injectable Drugs, 12th edn. Bethesda, MD, USA: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists.
18. Umpierrez GE, Kelly JP, Navarette JE, Casals MMC, Kitabchi AE. (1997). Hyperglycemic crises in urban blacks. Archives of International Medicine; 157: 669-675.
19. Van den Berghe G, Wouters PJ, Bouillon R, Weekes F, Verwaest C, Schetz M, Vlasselaers D, Ferdinande P, Lauwers P. (2003). Outcome benefit of intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill: Insulin dose versus glycaemic control. Critical Care Medicine; 31: 359-366.
20. Van Den Berghe G, Wouters P, Weekers F, Verwaest C, Bruyn-inckx F, Schetz M, Vlasselaers D, Ferdinande P, Lauwers P, Bouillon R. (2001). Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. New England Journal of Medicine; 345: 1359-1367.
21. Watts NB, Gebhart SSP, Clark RV, Phillips LS. (1987). Postoperative management of diabetes mellitus: Steady state glucose control with bedside algorithm for insulin adjustment. Diabetes Care; 10: 722-728.
22. Woolfson AMJ. (1980). Control of blood glucose during nutritional support in ill patients. Intensive Care Medicine; 7: 11-14.