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Insulin Dosing Chart. See xultophy for information on xultophy dosing. How to interpret blood glucose monitoring charts and adjust insulin doses. Insulin correction dose 0 5 unit per 50 mg dl over 200 mg dl. The insulinworx dosing chart generator has been thoughtfully designed to help you determine accurate dosing for yourself or for your patient.
See converting between insulin brands and types for information on changing insulins. Read on to learn more. Bear in mind this may be too much. That s why we ve made this web app rosbust enough to fit everyone s unique needs but still simple enough for the insulin newbie to. Interpreting blood glucose results and being able to adjust insulin doses are useful skills for pharmacists to possess the key to acquiring these skills is in understanding. One may need to adjust the amount and timing of short or rapid acting insulins and dosages of any oral anti diabetic drugs.
Alternatively a bolus of 0 1 unit kg followed by an infusion of 0 1 unit kg hr has been used if blood glucose does not fall by 10 in first hour give bolus of 0 14 units kg while continuing insulin infusion.
Insulin correction dose 0 5 unit per 50 mg dl over 200 mg dl. One may need to adjust the amount and timing of short or rapid acting insulins and dosages of any oral anti diabetic drugs. Increase dose by 10 15 or 2 4 units once or twice weekly to achieve fasting blood sugar goal see adjusting basal insulin and nph dosing for more if hypoglycemia occurs. The recommended starting dose of lantus in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not currently treated with insulin is 0 2 units kg or up to 10 units once daily adjusted to patient s appropriate fpg target. How to interpret blood glucose monitoring charts and adjust insulin doses. See insulin dosing for more.