Jeffrey Guy, MD, MSc, MMHC, speaks with Judith Jacobi, PharmD, FCCM, lead author on the new glycemic control guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine's American College of Critical Care Medicine titled, “Guidelines for the Use of an Insulin Infusion for the Management of Hyperglycemia in Critically Ill Patients,” published in the December Critical Care Medicine. The task force provides suggestions for the structure of safe and effective use of insulin infusion therapy in patients requiring tight glycemic control. Jacobi is a critical care pharmacy specialist at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is also a past president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
