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Table 5 Details where nurses overrode STAR recommendations during the SL2 pilot trial

From: Second pilot trials of the STAR-Liege protocol for tight glycemic control in critically ill patients

  

Protocol recommendations

Nurses interventions

 

Patient 2

Intervention 1

3.5 U/h for 2 h

1.5 U/h for 1 h

 

Patient 3

Intervention 1

6 U/h for 3 h

3 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 2

3.5 U/h for 3 h

2.5 U/h for 3 h

*

Intervention 3

3.5 U/h for 3 h

3 U/h for 3 h

*

Patient 4

Intervention 1

4.5 U/h for 2 h

3.5 U/h for 2 h

 

Intervention 2

5.5 U/h for 3 h

3.5 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 3

4 U/h for 2 h

3.5 U/h for 2 h

 

Intervention 4

1 U/h for 3 h or no insulin for 2 h

2 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 5

4.5 U/h for 2 h or 4 U/h for 3 h

3 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 6

2 U/h for 2 h or 3 h or 3 U/h for 3 h

2.5 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 7

4 U/h for 2 h

3.5 U/h for 2 h

 

Patient 5

Intervention 1

5.5 U/h for 2 h

4.5 U/h for 2 h

 

Patient 7

Intervention 1

1 U/h for 2 h or 3 h or 1.5 U/h for 3 h

1.5 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 2

No insulin for 2 h or 3 h

1 U/h for 2 h

-

Patient 8

Intervention 1

1.5 U/h for 2 h or 3 h

1 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 2

2 U/h for 2 h

1 U/h for 2 h

 

Intervention 3

2 U/h for 3 h or 3 U/h for 2 h

1.5 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 4

No insulin for 2 h or 3 h

0.5 U/H for 2 h

-

Intervention 5

No insulin for 3 h

0.5 U/H for 3 h

*

Intervention 6

3.5 U/h for 2 h or 3 h

2.5 U/h for 2 h

-

Intervention 7

1.5 U/h for 3 h

2 U/h for 3 h

*

Patient 9

Intervention 1

No insulin for 3 h

1 U/h for 3 h

*

 

Intervention 2

No insulin for 2 h

0.5 U/H for 2 h

 
  1. Nurses overrode 23 of 91 interventions. (−): Interventions where nurses chose 2-hourly intervention when 3-hourly intervention is available; (*) interventions where nurses chose 3-hourly intervention when 3-hourly intervention is available.