Cargando…

A continuous intravenous insulin infusion protocol to manage high-dose methylprednisolone-induced hyperglycemia in patients with severe COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Many patients with severe COVID-19 have impaired glucose tolerance, and steroid therapy is a standard treatment. Thus, good glycemic control is important and correlates with better patient outcomes. We began using a continuous intravenous insulin infusion protocol for glycemic control wh...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Takahashi, Yoshihito, Matsuura, Hiroshi, Domi, Hisaya, Yamamura, Hitoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9044380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35477646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40842-022-00141-2