Metabolic control in diabetic subjects following myocardial infarction: difficulties in improving blood glucose levels by intravenous insulin infusion.
Optimal metabolic control during the first twelve hours after myocardial infarction may be associated with improved survival in diabetic subjects. A comparison of an intravenous insulin infusion regimen aimed at improving blood glucose levels (n = 35), with 'routine control' (n = 34) in the post infarction period has been carried out in diabetic subjects admitted to four Coronary Care Units over a two year period. However, glycaemic control was similar in both groups (intravenous infusion regimen, mean +/- SD capillary blood glucose 10.3 +/- 2.1 mmol/l, 'routine control' glucose 10.7 +/- 3.6 mmol/l). There were no differences in the rates of arrhythmias (31% v 32%), heart failure (46% v 47%) or mortality (17% v 18%). Mortality in diabetic subjects was lower than that quoted in previous studies but was higher than in non-diabetic subjects admitted to the Coronary Care Unit during the same period. Attempts to improve glycaemic control by means of intravenous insulin infusion were unsuccessful.
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.
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D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin