Objective: To evaluate the literature and identify important aspects of insulin therapy that
facilitate safe and effective infusion therapy for a defined glycemic end point. Methods:

Context The American Diabetes Association and Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommend
tight glucose control in critically ill patients based largely on 1 trial that shows decreased …

Introduction Glucose measurement in intensive care medicine is performed intermittently
with the risk of undetected hypoglycemia. The workload for the ICU nursing staff is …

Introduction The objectives of this study were to systematically identify and summarize
quality indicators of tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients, and to inspect the …

Background Quantifying nurses' perceptions of workload burden when managing critically ill
patients is essential for designing interventions to ease nurses' workday. Objectives To …

OBJECTIVE We performed a randomized trial to compare three insulin-titration protocols for
tight glycemic control (TGC) in a surgical intensive care unit: an absolute glucose (Matias) …

Background: Diabetes patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and either nil per os, on
enteral feedings, or on total parenteral nutrition are often treated with sliding-scale insulin …

Background Glycemic control is important to patients' outcomes. However, the process of
maintaining glycemic control is risk laden and labor intensive for nurses. Objectives To …

Objective: To evaluate a stepwise nurse-driven glucose control protocol for the treatment of
hyperglycemia in critically ill pediatric patients. Setting: Academic pediatric intensive care …

PURPOSE: Computerized clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) for intensive insulin
therapy (IIT) are increasingly common. However, recent studies question IIT's safety and …