Abstract :
[en] Background
Insulin therapy for glycaemic control (GC) in critically ill patients may improve outcomes by reducing
hyperglycaemia and glycaemic variability, which are both associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
However, initial positive results have proven difficult to repeat or achieve safely. STAR (Stochastic TARgeted)
is a model-based glycaemic control protocol using a risk-based dosing approach. STAR uses a 2D stochastic
model to predict distributions of likely future changes in model-based insulin sensitivity (SI) based on
its current value, and determines the optimal intervention.
Objectives
This study investigates the impact of a new 3D stochastic model on the ability to predict more accurate
future SI distributions, which would allow more aggressive insulin dosing and improved glycaemic control.
Methods
The new 3D stochastic model is built using both current SI and its prior variation to predict future SI distribution
from 68,629 h of clinical data (819 GC episodes). The 5th-95th percentile range of predicted SI distribution
are calculated and compared with the 2D model.
Results
Results show the 2D model is over-conservative compared to the 3D case for more than 77% of the data,
predominantly where SI is stable (|%ΔSI| ≤ 25%). These formerly conservative prediction ranges are now
~30% narrower with the 3D model, which safely enables more aggressive insulin dosing for these patient
hours. In addition, distributions of predicted SI within the 5th-95th percentile range are much closer to the ideal
value of 90% for more patients with the 3D model.
Conclusions
The new 3D model better characterises patient specific metabolic variability and patient specific response
to insulin, allowing more optimal insulin dosing to increase performance and safety.
Research Center/Unit :
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
GIGA-In Silico Medicine, Université de Liège, Belgique
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition
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