Table 3 |
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Pediatric ICU approach to hyperglycemia screening and management |
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Survey question |
All ICUs N = 30 (% of Total) |
Small ICUs* N = 6 (% of Total) |
Medium ICUs† N = 13 (% of Total) |
Large ICUs± N = 11 (% of Total) |
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Centers that have a standard approach to screen for and treat hyperglycemia |
2 (7) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2 (18) |
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Centers that have a standard approach to hyperglycemia treatment only |
6 (20) |
2 (33) |
2 (15) |
2 (18) |
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Centers that have neither a standard approach to screening or treatment |
24 (80) |
4 (67) |
11 (85) |
9 (82) |
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Management for centers that do have a standard approach to treating hyperglycemia |
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Insulin infusion |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Intermittent insulin (IV push or subcutaneous) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Manipulation of dextrose in IV fluids |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Estimate of hyperglycemic patients that receive glycemic management at your center is |
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>90% |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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51 to 90% |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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26 to 50% |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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1 to 25% |
20 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
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No one in our group practices glycemic control on any patient |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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* <12 beds; † 12-30 beds; ± >30 beds |
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Preissig and Rigby Critical Care 2010 14:R11 doi:10.1186/cc8865 |
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