Hypoglycemia Prevention by Algorithm Design During Intravenous Insulin Infusion

American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee, ElSayed NA, McCoy RG, Aleppo G, Balapattabi K, Beverly EA, Briggs Early K, Bruemmer D, Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Ekhlaspour L, Galindo RJ, Garg R, Khunti K, Lal R, Lingvay I, Matfin G, Pandya N, Pekas EJ, Pilla SJ, Polsky S, Segal AR, Seley JJ, Stanton RC, Bannuru RR. 16. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2025

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Care in Diabetes" includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, an interprofessional expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations and a full list of Professional Practice Committee members, please refer to Introduction and Methodology. Readers who wish to comment on the Standards of Care are invited to do so at professional.diabetes.org/SOC.

Endocrine Care for the Surgical Patient: Diabetes Mellitus, Thyroid and Adrenal Conditions

Patients with hyperglycemia, thyroid dysfunction, and adrenal insufficiency face increased perioperative risk, which may be mitigated by appropriate management. This review addresses preoperative glycemic control, makes evidence-based recommendations for the increasingly complex perioperative management of noninsulin diabetes medications, and provides guideline-supported strategies for the perioperative management of insulin, including suggested indications for continuous intravenous insulin. The authors propose a strategy for determining when surgery should be delayed in patients with thyroid dysfunction and present a matrix for managing perioperative stress dose corticosteroids based on the limited evidence available.

American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee, ElSayed NA, Aleppo G, Bannuru RR, Bruemmer D, Collins BS, Ekhlaspour L, Galindo RJ, Hilliard ME, Johnson EL, Khunti K, Lingvay I, Matfin G, McCoy RG, Perry ML, Pilla SJ, Polsky S, Prahalad P, Pratley RE, Segal AR, Seley JJ, Stanton RC, Gabbay RA. 16. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2024

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Care in Diabetes" includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, an interprofessional expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations and a full list of Professional Practice Committee members, please refer to Introduction and Methodology. Readers who wish to comment on the Standards of Care are invited to do so at professional.diabetes.org/SOC.

16. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2023

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) "Standards of Care in Diabetes" includes the ADA's current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, a multidisciplinary expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA's clinical practice recommendations and a full list of Professional Practice Committee members, please refer to Introduction and Methodology. Readers who wish to comment on the Standards of Care are invited to do so at professional.diabetes.org/SOC.

A prospective randomized trial comparing computerized columnar insulin dosing chart (the Atlanta protocol) versus the joint British diabetes societies for inpatient care protocol in management of hyperglycemia in patients with acute coronary syndrome admitted to cardiac care unit in Alexandria, Egypt

BACKGROUND

Hyperglycemia in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is linked to raised morbidity and mortality. Insulin administration using insulin infusion protocols (IIP) is the preferred strategy to control hyperglycemia in critically ill patients. To date, no specific IIP has been identified as the most efficient for achieving glycemic control.

AIM

to compare glycemic achievements (safety) (primary objective), and coronary and other clinical outcomes (efficacy) (secondary objective) by hyperglycemia management in Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) using computerized Atlanta Protocol (Group (I)) versus paper-based Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) For Inpatient Care Protocol (Group (II)).

PATIENTS AND METHODS

The study was done on 100 ACS patients admitted to Alexandria Main University hospital CCU with RBG >180 mg/dL. They were randomized into the 2 groups in a 1:1 ratio. CBG was measured hourly for 72 hours and was managed by IV insulin infusion.

RESULTS

Group (I) showed statistically significant less mean time for target BG achievement (3.52 ± 1.53hours), lower incidence of Level 1 hypoglycemia (2%) than Group (II) (4.76 ± 2.33 hours, 22%, p = 0.013, 0.002 respectively) and statistically significant less mean number of episodes above the glycemic target after its achievement than Group (II) (p < 0.001). Regarding Level 2 hypoglycemia the difference was not significant statistically.

CONCLUSION

Both protocols successfully maintained target BG level with low incidence of clinically significant hypoglycemia, however, the computerized Atlanta protocol achieved better glycemic outcomes. We recommend the use of the computerized Atlanta protocol in CCU rather than JBDS for Inpatient Care Protocol whenever this is feasible.