Table 5.
Selected guideline recommendations
|
Casemix
|
Guideline (Year)
|
Recommended glycemic target range
|
| Medical-Surgical | American Diabetes Association: Diabetes Care in the Hospital (2021)[47] | 7.8-10 mmol/L. Lower targets may be appropriate for selected patients if they can be achieved without significant hypoglycemia |
| Post-CA | European Resuscitation Council and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine guidelines (2021)[48] | 7.8-10 mmol/L |
| Sepsis | Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock (2016)[49] | < 10 mmol/L and avoid hypoglycemia. Lower targets may be appropriate for selected patients if they can be achieved without significant hypoglycemia |
| Surgical | WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective (2016)[50] | Unable to define target range, though glucose control protocols recommended |
| TBI | Brain Trauma Foundation’s Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition (2016)[51] | No recommendation |
CA: Cardiac arrest; TBI: Traumatic brain injury; WHO: World Health Organization.