Insulin Drip Math
Insulin Drip Math - a deterministic tool in Sophie Well's Medication & Infusion group.
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What this is
A math verifier for sample insulin-infusion protocols. Sophie Well takes a protocol intensity (low, moderate, or high) and the current blood glucose, then shows the rate a representative protocol would suggest at that input plus the conventional adjustment direction. The numbers here are illustrative reference values drawn from published examples, not orders - they exist so a learner can sanity-check whether a real protocol's table is doing what its prose says it does.
When to use it
Use this in the classroom, during protocol review, or as a back-of-the-envelope cross-check when you are reading an unfamiliar institutional protocol. Do not use this output to write live orders. Every hospital's insulin-infusion protocol is calibrated against its own monitoring cadence, its own hypoglycemia threshold, and its own dextrose-rescue procedure; mixing protocols mid-stream is the canonical recipe for an avoidable hypoglycemic event. For real DKA/HHS management, follow the institutional protocol your nursing staff is trained on, and let the bedside glucose recheck drive every titration.
References
Example protocols only. Use your institution's active insulin protocol.
Worked example: Suggested rate (example only): 2 units/hr (moderate-intensity sample protocol).
Sophie Well is a reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Does not replace clinician judgment, professional billing review, or legal counsel.