Open AccessFeasibility, efficacy, and safety of a simple insulin infusion protocol in a large volume cardiac surgery unit in India
Author(s) -
Beena Bansal,
Ambrish Mithal,
Pravin Carvalho,
Yatin Mehta,
Naresh Trehan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.146864
Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , protocol (science) , insulin , hypoglycemia , workload , observational study , anesthesia , computer science , alternative medicine , pathology , operating system
Inpatient hyperglycemia management is essential, but difficult to achieve especially in a large volume cardiac surgery setup, thus necessitating use of nurse-led insulin protocols. A rapid flux of nurses dealing with a huge workload has been a cause for traditionally not using nurse-led protocols in most Indian institutes. The challenges we faced were to have a simple protocol for the nurses to accept it without compromising on glycemic control. Therefore, this observational study was planned to measure the efficacy and safety of the insulin infusion protocol in cardiac surgery patients.