Publication: Efficacy and safety of SPRINT and STAR protocol on Malaysian critically-ill patients
Date
2016
Authors
Ahamad N.
Razak N.
Jamaluddin U.
Suhaimi F.
Pretty C.
Chase G.
Ralib A.
Noor B.M.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
Intensive care unit patients may have a better glycaemic management with the right control protocol. Results of virtual trial performance on Malaysian critically-ill patients adopting a model-derived and model-based control protocol known as SPRINT and STAR are presented in this paper. These ICU patients have been treated by intensive sliding-scale insulin infusion. The effectiveness and safety of glycaemic control are then analysed. Results showed that patient safety improved by 83% with SPRINT and STAR protocol as the number of hypoglycaemic patients significantly reduced (BG<2.2 mmol/L). Percentage of time within desired bands and median BG improves in both SPRINT and STAR. However, the improvements are associated with higher number of BG measurements (workload). � 2016 IEEE.
Description
Biomedical engineering; Intensive care units; Safety engineering; Stars; Control protocols; Critically-ill patients; Hyperglycaemia; Hypoglycaemic; Insulin infusions; Model based controls; Model-based OPC; Patient safety; Patient treatment