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ADULT INSULIN PRESCRIPTION AND BLOOD GLUCOSE …
www.diabetologists-abcd.org.ukINTRAVENOUS INSULIN SLIDING SCALE PRESCRIPTION VARIABLE RATE INTRAVENOUS INSULIN INFUSION (VRIII) Using an insulin syringe draw up 50 units human soluble (ACTRAPID®) insulin and add to 49.5mL of 0.9% sodium chloride to give a 1 unit/mL solution or use a prefilled syringe 50 units in 50mL where available.
Management of adults with diabetes undergoing surgery and ...
www.diabetes.org.ukPeri-operative use of intravenous insulin 17. The term ‘variable rate intravenous insulin infusion’ (VRIII) should replace the ambiguous term ‘sliding scale’. 18. Patients with a planned short starvation period (no more than one missed meal in total) should be managed by modification of their usual diabetes
Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic ...
www.bmj.comCommon pitfalls in management include premature termination of intravenous insulin therapy and insufficient timing or dosing of subcutaneous insulin before discontinuation of ... comorbidities, has a 10-20% mortality rate. 8 20. Interest has been renewed in euglyemic diabetic
Intravenous Insulin Prescription and Fluid Protocol FOR ...
www.diabetes.org.ukONLY commence intravenous insulin therapy IF patient has significant ketonaemia (blood ketones >1.0 mmol/L or ketonuria (urine ketones >++) (see BOX 1) BOX 1: INTRAVENOUS INSULIN THERAPY AND PRESCRIPTION Weight/insulin dose reference Guide A Fixed Rate Intravenous Insulin Infusion (FRIII) calculated on 0.05 units/kg