Correction dose of insulin
Summary: This calculator is intended to help calculate a corrected insulin dose for adults with hyperglycemia. Corrected doses calculated here are suggested based on the inputs you provide. Please temper administration of large doses of insulin with good clinical judgement.
<-- What is the current blood sugar? (mg/dL) NOTE: Hyperglycemia may warrant monitoring and correction in an inpatient setting.
<-- What is the goal blood sugar? (mg/dL)
<-- What is the patient's usual total daily dose of insulin? (units) Add up all the insulin the patient normal takes in a day. This includes long-, intermediate-, short-, and/or rapid-acting insulins. This value must be more than 0.
<-- What type of insulin will you use to correct the hyperglycemia? Rapid-acting insulin includes aspart and lispro insulins. When Regular insulin is selected, the 1500 rule will be used. When Rapid-acting insulin is selected, the 1700 rule will be used.
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Insulin Sensitivity Factor (ISF) using Insulin_Type insulin: score=((Insulin_Type)/(Variable_3));score>0?'':''ISFscore1=score.toFixed(2)
The ISF means that one unit of Insulin_Type insulin would be expected to lower the blood sugar by ISFscore1=score.toFixed(2) mg/dL.
The suggested correction dose of Insulin_Type insulin: score2=(((Variable_1)-(Variable_2))/(score));score>0?'':''correctionscore3=score2.toFixed(2) units.
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