A simulation model of insulin saturation and glucose balance for glycaemic control in ICU patients

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University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering
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2010
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Pielmeier, U.
Andreassen, S.
Nielsen, B.S.
Chase, Geoff
Haure, P.
Abstract

Hyperglycaemia due to reduced insulin sensitivity is prevalent in critically ill patients and increases mortality and complications. However, consistent tight control has proven elusive. In particular, properly accounting for the saturation of insulin action is important in intensive insulin therapy. This paper introduces a composite metabolic model of insulin kinetics and blood glucose balance. Saturation of insulin action at high insulin concentrations is modelled as a non-linearity and reduced insulin sensitivity is modelled as either a scaling of peripheral insulin (before the non-linearity) or as a scaling of insulin effect (after the non-linearity). Retrospective clinical data from 10 intensive care patients are used to evaluate these approaches based on the resulting accuracy in predicting glycaemic response to intervention. For predictions of blood glucose longer than 1/2 hour ahead scaling of insulin effect gave a 1.6 fold smaller RMS error. Results for short-term (1-hour) and long-term (8-hour) predictions were 16% and 34% RMS error for scaling of insulin effect compared to 22% and 59% for scaling of peripheral insulin, respectively (P< 0.01). It can be concluded that scaling the insulin effect is a more suitable approach in this model structure.

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Pielmeier, U., Andreassen S., Nielsen B.S., Chase J.G., Haure, P. (2010) A simulation model of insulin saturation and glucose balance for glycaemic control in ICU patients. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 97(3), pp. 211-222.
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hyperglycaemia, critical care, metabolic modelling, glucose control
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Fields of Research::32 - Biomedical and clinical sciences::3201 - Cardiovascular medicine and haematology::320102 - Haematology
Fields of Research::32 - Biomedical and clinical sciences::3202 - Clinical sciences::320212 - Intensive care
Fields of Research::40 - Engineering::4003 - Biomedical engineering::400303 - Biomechanical engineering
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