Table 2 |
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List of applied quality indicators |
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Description |
References |
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| Adequate daily blood glucose control |
Represented as median hours spent each day within the target range per patient |
1 article [21] |
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| Correlation between within-run mean BGL and within-run mean coefficient of variance
for hourly insulin rate |
To illustrate whether hyperglycaemia after attaining target is correlated with variability
in infusion rate |
1 article [9] |
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| Correlation between within-run mean BGL and within-run mean hourly insulin rate |
To illustrate whether the protocol performed equally well independent of insulin resistance |
1 article [9] |
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| Distribution of the individual patient BGL mean in a predefined time interval |
Represented in box plot |
1 article [11] |
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| Number of patients with well and poor BGL control |
Represented as percentage of patients and defined as: • well controlled patient: <130a BGL for more than half of the measured time; or • poor controlled patient: <130 BGL for less than or equal to half of the measured time. |
1 article [31] |
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| Odds ratio of achieving certain BGL |
Per additional Intensive Care day and some drugs |
1 article [50] |
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| Number of patients having defined mean BGL |
Represented as percentage of patients with mean BGL ≥ 200 for each day after surgery |
1 article [22] |
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| Probability density function for BGL measurements |
Represented as a curve for comparison with other protocols |
1 article [35] |
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| Proportion of patient-day with mean BGL<200 and ≥ 200 and IIT at least in part of
the day |
1 article [22] |
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| Number of report on necessary departure from protocol, clinical intervention or adverse
events |
1 article [35] |
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| Time from admission to first BGL |
Represented as mean of time [15] |
1 articles [15] |
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| Variability after achieving target |
Represented as within-run mean (IIT episode) ± standard deviation and mean of within-run
coefficient variance ± standard deviation (%) |
1 article [9] |
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aUnit of all BGL thresholds is mg/dl. BGL, blood glucose level; IIT, intensive insulin therapy. |
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Eslami et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R139 doi:10.1186/cc7114 |
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