5.2.0.0 In­sulin Ther­a­py

In the crit­i­cal care set­ting, con­tin­u­ous in­tra­ve­nous in­sulin in­fu­sion has been shown to be the best method for achiev­ing glycemic tar­gets. Intrave­nous in­sulin in­fu­sions should be ad­min­is­tered based on val­i­dat­ed writ­ten or com­put­er­ized pro­to­cols that allow for predefined ad­just­ments in the in­fu­sion rate, ac­count­ing for glycemic fluc­tu­a­tions and in­sulin dose (2).