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

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 4 Time needed to achieve the target CBG and the rate of decrease in CBG

Variables	Groups		P value
Variables	BII (N = 30)	SSI (N = 30)	P value
Time (min) needed to achieve the target CBG	70.4 ± 62.9	39 ± 16.1	0.011^*
The rate of decrease in CBG/ insulin units given	17.2 ± 4.5	16.2 ± 2.6	0.299

Data are presented as mean ± SD. P value > 0.05 is statistically non-significant
*indicates statistical significance. BII Bolus-insulin infusion group, SSI Sliding scale of insulin group, CBG Capillary blood glucose