Algorithms for intravenous insulin delivery

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-268

  Braithwaite, Susan S ^a,b   Clement, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Bolus insulin therapy; Carbohydrate; Current blood glucose (BGcurrent); Hypoglycemia; Infusion rate (IRnext); Intravenous Insulin Delivery; previous blood glucose (BGprevious)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NURSING CARE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY CONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN;

EID: 54749085061     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339908785294451     Document Type: Review

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