Patent ID: 7446091
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a critically ill patient or a critically ill polyneuropathy (CIPNP) patient having a blood glucose level of greater than 130 mg/dL, said method comprising administering to said critically ill patient or CIPNP patient a blood glucose regulator selected from the group consisting of insulin, an insulin analogue, an active derivative of insulin or an insulin analogue, and a physiologically acceptable salt of said derivative in an amount effective to reduce blood glucose levels in said patient to within a range of from about 60 mg/dL to about 130 mg/dL, wherein said blood glucose regulator is administered intravenously and continuously infused to said patient as needed for at least 24 hours and the blood glucose level is maintained within a range of from about 60 mg/dL to about 130 mg/dL for 24 hours or more and wherein said treatment reduces the incidence of mortality in critically ill patients or CIPNP patients.