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. 2011 Nov 1;5(6):1420–1426. doi: 10.1177/193229681100500613

Table 2.

Median Glucose, Time to Goal, and Hypoglycemia with Protocols A and B in Intensive Care Units

Both Medical and Surgical ICUs
Protocol Type of diabetes Median time to goal hh:mm (min–max; IQRa) Median glucose mg/dl (min–max; IQRa) Number of subjects with glucose <40 mg/dl Number of subjects with glucose 40–60 mg/dl
A N = 208 T1DM = 4 T2DM = 52 No diabetes = 152 2:47 (00:00–39:38; 2:45) 118.5 (23–600; 35) 3 15
B N = 211 T1DM = 3 T2DM = 56 No diabetes = 152 2:04 (00:00–11:20; 2:41) 132 (53–590; 30) 0 1
P value 0.001 0.001 0.12 0.0002
Medical ICU
A N = 44 T1DM = 1 T2DM = 17 No diabetes = 26 2:55 (0:52–32:13; 2:12) 120 (36–600; 38) 1 6
B N = 44 T1DM = 1 T2DM = 22 No diabetes = 21 1:22 (0:10–11:15; 3:54) 136 (53–590; 42) 0 1
P value 0.11 0.001 1 0.11
Surgical ICUs
A N = 164 T1DM = 3 T2DM = 35 No diabetes = 126 2:46 (00:00–39:38; 3:15) 118.5 (23–550; 35) 2 9
B N = 167 T1DM = 2 T2DM = 34 No diabetes = 131 2:05 (00:00–11:20; 2:11) 131 (62–300; 28) 0 0
P value 0.003 0.001 0.24 0.0015
a

IQR, interquartile range