Diabetic Ketoacidosis Updates: Titratable Insulin Infusions and Long-Acting Insulin Early

Table 1

Titratable vs. nontitratable insulin infusion patients.

Baseline characteristics
	Nontitratable (n = 87)	Titratable (n = 64)	value
Age (years) mean (SD)	40.6 ± 19.9	43.6 ± 21.4	0.39
Sex (% male)	47.1	40.6	0.43
Weight (kg), mean (SD)	76.8 ± 22.0	76.6 ± 21.8	0.95
Lactate (mmol/L), mean (SD)	2.8 ± 2.4	2.2 ± 1.2	0.04
Creatinine (mg/L), mean (SD)	1.7 ± 1.7	1.3 ± 1.2	0.08
Dialysis (%)	9.2	4.7	0.30
Ventilated (%)	9.2	3.1	0.14
pH mean (SD)	7.25 ± 0.15	7.31 ± 0.10	0.01
A1C mean (SD)	11.6 ± 2.5	11.6 ± 2.8	0.98
Bicarbonate (mmol/L), mean (SD)	13.6 ± 7.4	16.3 ± 5.8	0.01
Serum ketones (mmol/L), mean (SD)	5.3 ± 3.7	4.4 ± 3.2	0.12
Anion gap, mean (SD)	27.1 ± 8.3	24.6 ± 5.9	0.03
WBC (bil/L), mean (SD)	14.1 ± 7.4	12.2 ± 5.3	0.06

SD, standard deviation; n, number.