Pielmeier, U.Andreassen, S.Chase, GeoffHaure, P.Shaw, Geoff2008-10-292008-10-292007Pielmeier, U., Andreassen, S., Chase, J.G., Haure, P., Shaw, G.M. (2007) Regulation of Blood Sugar in Intensive Care Patients. Brædstrup, Denmark: 25th Danish Annual Congress in Biomedical Engineering (25 Landsmøde i Dansk Medicoteknisk Selskab), 19-20 Sep 2007.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1739High blood sugar levels are frequent in intensive care patients, resulting in higher mortality and morbidity, and longer stay. GlucoSafe, a computer decision support system, is developed to assist clinicians in regulating blood sugar. The system uses a physiological model of sugar metabolism, including insulin production and action, and intestinal uptake of nutrients. However, efficacy will depend on how accurately it can predict future blood glucose levels (BG) after a glycemic control intervention, based on previously measured BG values. 1-10 hour forward predictions were made using GlucoSafe (GS) and a clinically tested model (CC) from New Zealand for 11 hyperglycemic patients, 6 from New Zealand and 5 from Denmark. As expected, relative RMS prediction error increases with prediction interval for both models and cohorts. Fig. 1 shows similar predictive power for GS and CC up to 3-5 hours. GS outperforms CC for predictions beyond 5 hours. A CC-based protocol has been successfully applied for glycemic control in Christchurch. Therefore, GlucoSafe is expected to be a safe, effective tool for blood sugar regulation in intensive care.enConference Contributions - OtherFields of Research::320000 Medical and Health Sciences::321000 Clinical Sciences::321004 EndocrinologyFields of Research::290000 Engineering and Technology::291500 Biomedical Engineering