The Injection Technique Factor: What You Don't Know or Teach Can Make a Difference
| Autor: | Laurence J. Hirsch, Kenneth Strauss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Glucose control business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Insulin medicine.medical_treatment Insulin delivery Lipohypertrophy 030209 endocrinology & metabolism medicine.disease Feature Articles Cost savings 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Internal Medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Intramuscular injection business Intensive care medicine Subcutaneous tissue |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Diabetes : A Publication of the American Diabetes Association |
| ISSN: | 0891-8929 |
| Popis: | IN BRIEF To be consistently effective, insulin must be delivered into subcutaneous tissue. If insulin is delivered intramuscularly, its uptake and action become variably faster, leading to suboptimal, inconsistent glucose control. The best strategy to avoid intramuscular injection is to use the shortest needles available. Injection sites should be rotated systematically to prevent lipohypertrophy, which also substantially affects insulin uptake and action. New evidence-based insulin delivery recommendations are available, and awareness of them should lead to more effective use of insulin therapy, improved clinical outcomes, and considerable cost savings. |
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