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Table 2 Patients’ laboratory results

From: Intravenous bolus-infusion versus sliding scale of insulin for intra-operative glycemic control in elective laparotomy surgeries

Variables

Groups

P value

BII (N = 30)

SSI (N = 30)

HbA1c (%)

6.46 ± 0.48

6.48 ± 0.43

0.845

Pre-operative FBG (mg/dl)

160.66 ± 65.81

157.86 ± 62.78

0.867

Pre-operative s. K (mEq/l)

4.03 ± 0.33

4.04 ± 0.33

0.877

Post-operative s. K (mEq/l)

3.64 ± 0.24

3.75 ± 0.32

0.141

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD. P value > 0.05 is statistically non-significant. BII Bolus-insulin infusion group, SSI Sliding scale of insulin group, HbA1c Glycosylated hemoglobin, FBG Fasting blood glucose, s.k Serum potassium