Improving Blood Glucose Control With a Computerized Decision Support Tool: Phase 1



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Hospital, Diabetes
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any
Updated:4/2/2016
Start Date:February 2006
End Date:December 2018
Contact:Alan H Morris, MD
Email:Alan.Morris@intermountainmail.org
Phone:801-408-1610

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Clinical Process Improvement With A Bedside Computerized Insulin Therapy Protocol For Blood Glucose Control (eProtocol-insulin) in Adult And Pediatric ICU Patients:Further Refinement and Validation of eProtocol-insulin

The Purpose of this study is to:

1. Refine and validate a computerized bedside decision support tool blood glucose
management in critically ill adult and pediatric ICU patients.

2. Monitor how often low blood sugar levels occur during use of the bedside tool.

3. Determine how the computerized tool effects the workload of the ICU nurses.

This first phase will be a prospective cohort study. We will validate the bedside tool in at
least 4 adult and at least 4 pediatric ICUs and if necessary we will modify the bedside
tool. The computerized bedside tool will be considered refined if >90% of the generated
instructions are accepted and if the percent of glucose values in the 70-110 mg/dl range are
equivalent to our pilot experience rate of 55%, and if the rate of glucose values less than
or equal to 40 mg/dl is less than 0.5% of glucose measurements.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Pediatric ICU: Proposed indications by pediatric clinicians at participating ICUs for
glucose control in their ICUs would include patients who require mechanical
ventilation for greater than 24 hours and/or require a vasoactive infusion (e.g.
dopamine >3 mg/kg/min, dobutamine, epinephrine, or vasopressin).

2. Adult ICUs: Proposed indications by clinicians in participating ICUs for glucose
control in participating adult ICUs include critically ill patients with an
anticipated ICU length of stay of 3 or more days.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnancy (negative pregnancy test required for females of child-bearing age)

2. Age less than one month

3. Inborn errors of metabolism that the clinician suspects will affect glucose
homeostasis

4. Acute or chronic liver disease with any documented episode of blood or plasma glucose
<60 mg/dl within the 24 hours prior to study entry

5. Diabetic Ketoacidosis (critically ill patients with insulin dependent diabetes not in
ketoacidosis will be eligible if attending physicians intend to use intravenous
insulin as part of ordinary care)

6. Severe chronic liver disease (Child-Pugh score >10)
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