Delaware medical journal
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Delaware medical journal · Sep 1998
Intravenous insulin infusion therapies for postoperative coronary artery bypass graft patients.
Hyperglycemia is very common in postoperative coronary artery bypass graft patients. Although sliding scale insulin therapy is often used, there is no standard of care for the management of hyperglycemia. ⋯ Constant-rate intravenous insulin therapy is effective in lowering arterial whole blood glucose concentrations in postoperative coronary artery bypass graft patients. Initiation of intravenous insulin therapy at lower glucose values reduces the time necessary for the infusion.