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Background  Effective tight glycemic control (TGC) can improve outcomes in critical care patients, but it is difficult to achieve consistently. Insulin sensitivity defines the metabolic balance between insulin concentration and insulin-mediated glucose disposal. Hence, variability of insulin sensitivity can cause variable glycemia. This study quantifies and compares the daily evolution of insulin sensitivity level and variability for critical care patients receiving TGC.    Methods  This is a retrospective analysis of data from the SPRINT TGC study involving patients admitted to a mixed medical-surgical ICU between August 2005 and May 2007. Only patients who commenced TGC within 12 hours of ICU admission and spent at least 24 hours on the SPRINT protocol were included (N = 164). Model-based insulin sensitivity ( SI ) was identified each hour. Absolute level and hour-to-hour percent changes in  SI  were assessed on cohort and per-patient bases. Levels and variability of  SI  were compared over time on 24-hour and 6-hour timescales for the first 4 days of ICU stay.    Results  Cohort and per-patient median  SI  levels increased by 34% and 33% ( p  < 0.001) between days 1 and 2 of ICU stay. Concomitantly, cohort and per-patient  SI  variability decreased by 32% and 36% ( p  < 0.001). For 72% of the cohort, median  SI  on day 2 was higher than on day 1. The day 1–2 results are the only clear, statistically significant trends across both analyses. Analysis of the first 24 hours using 6-hour blocks of  SI  data showed that most of the improvement in insulin sensitivity level and variability seen between days 1 and 2 occurred during the first 12–18 hours of day 1.    Conclusions  Critically ill patients have significantly lower and more variable insulin sensitivity on day 1 than later in their ICU stay and particularly during the first 12 hours. This rapid improvement is likely due to the decline of counter-regulatory hormones as the acute phase of critical illness progresses. Clinically, these results suggest that while using TGC protocols with patients during their first few days of ICU stay, extra care should be afforded. Increased measurement frequency, higher target glycemic bands, conservative insulin dosing, and modulation of carbohydrate nutrition should be considered to minimize safely the outcome glycemic variability and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia.

Variability of insulin sensitivity during the first 4 days of critical illness: implications for tight glycemic control