Parenteral nutrition and insulin per protocol improve diabetes management after total pancreatectomy

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INTRODUCTION: Pancreatogenic diabetes develops in patients undergoing total pancreatectomy and complicates post-surgical management. The aim of this study was to compare parenteral nutrition (PN) with protocolled insulin treatment to intravenous glucose treatment after total pancreatectomy.

METHODS: This was a retrospective study of 97 patients undergoing total pancreatectomy between 2009 and 2014. Patients were divided into a PN cohort (n = 57) and a glucose cohort (n = 40). The PN cohort was given PN with one international unit (IU) rapid-acting insulin per 10 g of carbohydrate. The glucose cohort was given a continuous 5% glucose infusion with 2 IU rapid-acting insulin per 10 g of carbohydrate. Both cohorts were given insulin detemir 0.2 IU/kg/day.

RESULTS: Within the first 13 post-operative days, plasma glucose values were within the target range (4.0-10.0 mmol/l) in the PN cohort more frequently than in the glucose cohort (46% versus 42%, p = 0.01) without any increase in hypoglycaemia. Non-infectious complications occurred less frequently in the parenteral cohort than in the glucose cohort (23% versus 43%, p = 0.04). Infectious complications occurred in 19% versus 33% of patients, respectively (p = 0.14). The mean length of hospitalisation was 19.8 ± 12.7 versus 25.0 ± 21.5 days, p = 0.14.

CONCLUSIONS: After total pancreatectomy, PN with insulin treatment per protocol improves glycaemic control compared with glucose infusion and reduces the number of non-infectious post-operative complications without increasing hypoglycaemia.

FUNDING: none.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: not relevant.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Danish medical journal - 65(2018), 4 vom: 04. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Andersen, Sakshi [VerfasserIn]
Andersen, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Ringholm, Lene [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Carsten Palnæs [VerfasserIn]
Storkholm, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Lillpers, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
Schiøtz, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Mathiesen, Elisabeth Reinhardt [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Blood Glucose
Comparative Study
D933668QVX
Hypoglycemic Agents
Insulin
Insulin Aspart
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.09.2018

Date Revised 14.09.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282691006