A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Bedside Computer Clinical Decision Support Protocol for Hyperglycemia Is Feasible, Safe and Offers Advantages
Author(s) -
Eliotte L. Hirshberg,
Michael J. Lanspa,
Emily L. Wilson,
Katherine Sward,
Al Jephson,
Gitte Larsen,
Alan H. Morris
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
diabetes technology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.142
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1557-8593
pISSN - 1520-9156
DOI - 10.1089/dia.2016.0423
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin , hypoglycemia , intensive care unit , diabetes mellitus , glycemic , intensive care medicine , pediatric intensive care unit , pediatrics , emergency medicine , endocrinology
Computer clinical decision support (CDS) systems are uncommon in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), despite evidence suggesting they improve outcomes in adult ICUs. We reasoned that a bedside CDS protocol for intravenous insulin titration, eProtocol-insulin, would be feasible and safe in critically ill children.
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