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Systematic Reviews of Treatments using Insulin
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments using insulin and insulin analogues.
Reviewed November 2011
15 Resources Found
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| Title: | Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injections of insulin for pregnant women with diabetes |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | There is insufficient evidence on the effects of different ways of administering insulin for pregnant women with diabetes. Diabetes is a condition in which glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body is resistant to the effects of insulin ... |
| Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Title: | Interventions for treatment of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Higher-than-normal blood sugar levels are frequently seen in babies born very early (before 32 weeks gestation) or with very low birth weight (< 1500 grams) and who are fed totally or partially by vein. Several types of adverse outcomes have been ass... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Interventions for prevention of neonatal hyperglycemia in very low birth weight infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Blood sugar levels higher than usually seen in full term infants are frequently seen in babies born very early (before 32 weeks gestation) or with very low birth weight (< 1500 grams) and who are fed totally or partially by vein. Several types of adv... |
| Date: | May 2011 |
| Title: | Insulin detemir versus insulin glargine for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | The two long-acting insulin analogues (artificial insulins), insulin detemir or insulin glargine differ in their mechanism of attaining protracted action, leading to possible differences in glycaemic control and safety outcomes. Several studies have com... |
| Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Title: | Insulin for glycaemic control in acute ischaemic stroke |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | After a stroke, people with high levels of sugar in their blood do not recover as well as those with lower levels. Insulin can reduce blood sugar levels. We do not know what the optimal level of blood sugar should be after a stroke. We searched for tria... |
| Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Title: | Miscellaneous treatments for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Tardive dyskinesia is a disfiguring and disabling disorder of voluntary control of movement, often caused by antipsychotic drugs. Several Cochrane reviews have summarised the effects of the many treatments used to manage these involuntary movements. Thi... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) versus multiple insulin injections for type 1 diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Type 1 diabetes results from a defect in insulin secretion, leading to elevated levels of plasma sugar or glucose and disturbances in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. Complications may effect the eyes, kidneys, nerves and the cardiovascular sys... |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Metformin added to insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus in adolescents |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder resulting from a defect in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Metabolic control (glycaemic control, that is long-term blood glucose levels as measured by glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)) often dete... |
| Date: | Aug 2008 |
| Title: | Interventions for preventing critical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Neuromuscular problems are frequent complications in patients with severe disease that require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Weakness of limbs and respiratory muscles is most frequently due to critical illness polyneuro-and/or myopathy (CI... |
| Date: | Oct 2007 |
| Title: | Intermediate acting versus long acting insulin for type 1 diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Diabetes mellitus type 1 is a chronic disease with short and long term complications. The treatment for this disease is insulin administration, with basal and bolus insulin preparations being its main stay. Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin had p... |
| Date: | Oct 2007 |
| Title: | Long-acting insulin analogues versus NPH insulin (human isophane insulin) for type 2 diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | NPH (Neutral Protamine Hagedorn) insulin is the current standard for basal insulin in the blood glucose lowering therapy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The mode of action of this insulin is highly variable, which may be the cause for the diffi... |
| Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Title: | Interventions for non-oliguric hyperkalaemia in preterm neonates |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Elevated levels of potassium (an important salt for normal body functions) are common in infants born very preterm or with birth weight less than 1500 g. High potassium levels in the blood may lead to irregular or rapid heart rate that may result in ble... |
| Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Title: | Short acting insulin analogues versus regular human insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Short acting insulin analogues (Lispro, Aspart, Glulisine) act more quickly than regular human insulin. It can be injected immediately before meals and leads to lower blood sugar levels after food intake. Our analysis showed that short acting insulin an... |
| Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Title: | 'Human' insulin versus animal insulin in people with diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Human insulin has become the insulin of choice for newly diagnosed patients with diabetes mellitus. Insulin companies are eventually not going to maintain different species formulations for a declining proportion of the population with diabetes using an... |
| Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Title: | Insulin monotherapy versus combinations of insulin with oral hypoglycaemic agents in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Simple application of a single daily insulin injection in addition to oral hypoglycaemic agents may facilitate the initiation of insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.This review examined 20 trials including 1,811 participants which compared insul... |
| Date: | May 2004 |
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