Show Notes
Managing blood glucose can often be a challenge in hospitalized patients, especially when the patient has diabetes. Join Elizabeth MS, RD, CNSC as she walks through a case study initiating a patient on parenteral nutrition who also has type 2 diabetes including needs assessments, insulin management in the PN bag, and adjusting up to goal rates.
Closed captions provided by Kaitlyn Batista MS, RDN, CDN, CNSC
Timestamps: 0:20 Hyperglycemia Complication 0:47 Brief history of parenteral nutrition 1:42 Case Study
References: Worthington, P., Balint, J., Bechtold, M., Bingham, A., Chan, L.-N., Durfee, S., Jevenn, A.K., Malone, A., Mascarenhas, M., Robinson, D.T. and Holcombe, B. (2017), When Is Parenteral Nutrition Appropriate?. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 41: 324-377. https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607117695251
Appropriate Dosing for Parenteral Nutrition: ASPEN Recommendations; https://www.nutritioncare.org/uploadedFiles/Documents/Guidelines_and_Clinical_Resources/PN%20Dosing%201-Sheet-Nov%202020-FINAL.pdf
Mueller CM, ed. The ASPEN Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum, 3rd Ed. Silver Spring, MD: ASPEN; 2017.
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