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Intensive Care patients given intravenous infusions of strong glucose often develop hyperglycaemia requiring insulin. A simple method is described for regulating these insulin requirements during infusions of 50% glucose based on bedside monitoring of blood glucose.
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McWilliam, D.B. The practical management of glucose-insulin infusions in the intensive care patient. Intensive Care Med 6, 133–135 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01683359
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