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Lantus is a long-acting insulin analogue also known as insulin glargine. Lantus use in ICU is described in detail here. Similar to human insulin, it is produced using recombinant …
Regular insulin should be administered intravenously and not subcutaneously in the intensive care unit (ICU). This is because the rate of subcutaneous absorption of insulin in intensive care unit …
Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance are common in critically ill patients even if they did not have diabetes before their illnesses. Hyperglycemia in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting has …
For managing Diabetes in ICU, maintaining euglycemia (defined as glucose <110 mg/dL in intensive care unit settings and <180 mg/dL in non intensive care unit settings by American College …
Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis and is effective against the same organisms as penicillin G. The drug is commonly used to treat community-acquired pulmonary …
Gastrointestinal , gi prophylaxis guidelines in the intensive care unit (ICU) is important in the prevention of stress gastritis. The incidence of clinically significant bleeding in critically ill patients …
In general, patients initiated on ACE inhibitors in myocardial infarction (MI) have demonstrated a reduction in overall mortality by about 20% to 30%. This benefit is most profound in …
Hyperglycemia, defined as blood glucose levels >110 mg/dL, has been shown in multiple studies to adversely impact outcomes in critically ill patients. Patients who are diabetic are at an …
Trauma patients are at high risk of deep venous thromboembolism, with the majority of patients exhibiting no symptoms. Although meta-analyses report the overall incidence of deep vein thrombosis, DVT …
The power of a study, usually presented as a percentage, is a measure of the probability that the null hypothesis is rejected when it is false. When interpreting study …