Insulin Infusion Pilot Study
Patrick Niland
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Diabetes Education and Assessment Programme
Anthony Diment
Psychologist; Lecturer, Diabetes Education and Assessment Programme, University of Sydney, NSW
Brenda Page
Hospital Scientist, Endocrine Laboratory
PP: 255
Abstract
To help resolve debate as the relative efficacy of two different insulin delivery media, we set out to examine differences between Haemaccel and Normal Saline with reference to our hospital's current infusion procedures. After analyzing the data, we found that there was a statistically significant difference between Haemaccel and Normal Saline and that, for solutions containing one unity of soluble insulin per ten mls of carrier solution, Haemaccel was the carrier of choice and clearly indicated as the preferable medium in acute diabetic situations like DKA and HHNKC.
Keywords
insulin infusion systems, in vitro studies, pilot studies, diabetic ketoacidosis, diabetic comar
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