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Professional Development and Education

Category: One-Hour Concurrent Session

New SCCM Guidelines: Rapid Sequence Intubation, Recognizing Critical Illness Outside the ICU, and Glycemic Control for Children and Adults

(545045-03) Guidelines on Glycemic Control for Critically Ill Children and Adults 2024

Sunday, January 21, 2024

5:10 PM – 5:30 PM MT

Location: North-120A

Concurrent Session Faculty(s)

Kimia Honarmand, MD, MSc, BSc(Hons) (she/her/hers)

Mackenzie Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Judith Jacobi, PharmD, BCCCP, MCCM (she/her/hers)

Former Critical Care Pharmacist at Indiana University Health
n/a
Lebanon, Indiana
Eliotte L. Hirshberg, MD, MS, FCCM (she/her/hers)

University of Utah Intermountain Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Disclosure(s):

Eliotte L. Hirshberg, MD, MS, FCCM: No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Important topics in the Guideline include glycemic targets for insulin titration and pertinent outcomes for adults and children, the preferred route of insulin administration, glucose monitoring frequency, and insulin protocol components. Many unresolved issues remain a challenge for clinicians and suggested research topics regarding glycemic control will be discussed.