Table 2.
Individual data on the eight patients included in the study
| Patient | Reason for admission to the ICU | Sex | APACHE II | Data from IVGI | OGTT on day after admission | Discharge destination | Days in ICU | Ventilator OGTT/IVGI | Mean/median (interquartile range) blood glucose 36 h before OGTT (mmol/L) | Total dose of insulin 36 h before OGTT (IU) | Total dose of steroida in ICU before OGTT (mg) | Dose of steroida OGTT/IVGI (mg/day) | Dose of NE OGTT/IVGI (mg/kg/day) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepsis (pneumonia) | Male | 27 | No | 2 | Ward | 2.8 | Yes | 8.2/7.7(6.4–8.7) | None | 18.7 | 3.7 | None/ |
| 2 | Sepsis (pneumonia) | Female | 34 | Yes | 2 | Deceased | 4.4 | Yes/Yes | 9.0/7.7(6.4–10.3) | 2 | None | None/11.2 | 0.53/1.15 |
| 3 | Sepsis (diverticulitis) | Male | 23 | No | 2 | Ward | 9.0 | No | 10.4/9.7(9.1–11.3) | None | None | None/ | None/ |
| 4 | Cardiogenic shock | Female | 25 | Yes | 2 | ICU at another hospital | 2.0 | No/No | 11.9/11.3(10.1–12.1) | None | 5.6 | 5.6/None | None/None |
| 5 | Hypothermia after cardiac arrest | Male | 41 | Yes | 4 | Deceased | 5.2 | Yes/Yes | 8.1/8.4(7.9–9.4) | 63 | None | None/None | None/None |
| 6 | Sepsis (pneumonia) | Female | 45 | Yes | 3 | Deceased | 4.1 | Yes/Yes | 8.2/7.4(6.6–8.5) | None | 18.8 | None/None | 0.04b/0.59 |
| 7 | Sepsis (pneumonia) | Male | 31 | Yes | 2 | Ward | 12.7 | No/Yes | 7.2/7.6(7.1–8.7) | None | None | None/None | None/None |
| 8 | Sepsis (pneumonia) | Female | 24 | Yes | 3 | Ward | 14.4 | Yes/Yes | 9.5/9.4 (7.9–10.9) | 48 | 11.2 | 5.6/5.6 | 0.04/0.20 |
| Mean/median (interquartile range) | 31/28 (24–38) | 6.8/4.8 (3.5–10.8) | 9.1/8.6 (8.1–9.9) | 14.1/0.0 (0.0–25.0) | 6.8/2.8 (0.0–15.0) | 1.8/0.0 (0.0–4.7)/2.8/0.0 (0.0–5.6) | 0.08/0.00 (0.00–0.04)/0.32/0.10 (0.0–0.59) |
APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, ICU intensive care unit, IVGI intravenous glucose infusion, NE norepinephrine, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, IU International Units
Patients on the ventilator included intubated patients and patients receiving noninvasive ventilation.
aDose equipotent to dexamethasone
bThis patients also received 22 mg/kg/day of dopamine infusion on this day