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ArticleJournal of diabetes science and technology2021

Insulin Bolus Calculator: Lessons Learned from Institutional Experience.

Valerie D Nolt, Adrian Araya, Mohammed B Ateya, Ming Chen, Jennifer Kelley, Patrick Arnold, Kanakadurga Singer

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Article in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Inpatient Insulin Dosing Calculators.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Valerie D NoltDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7754-3466
Adrian ArayaPediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Mohammed B AteyaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9345-4049
Ming ChenPediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Jennifer KelleyC.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Patrick ArnoldDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Kanakadurga SingerPediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8278-3800

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insulin bolus calculators have proven effective in improving glycemia and patient safety. Insulin calculators are increasingly being implemented for inpatient hospital care. Multidisciplinary teams are often involved in the design and review of the efficacy and utilization for these calculators. At times, unintended consequences and benefits of utilization are found on review. Integration of our insulin calculator into our electronic health record system was a multidisciplinary effort. During implementation, several obstacles to effective care were identified and are discussed in the following manuscript. We describe the barriers to utilization and potential pitfalls in clinical integration. We further describe benefits in patient education, time of insulin administration versus meal delivery, variations in insulin bolus for ketone correction, variation in care, and maximum bolus administration. Sharing lessons learned from experiences using electronic insulin calculator order sets will further our goals of improved patient care in the hospital setting.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1InsulinBlood GlucoseHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin Infusion SystemsBlood GlucoseHypoglycemic AgentsInsulincalculatordosingEHRinsulinorder set

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PMID32830530
PMCPMC8256078

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