Perioperative intensive insulin therapy using artificial endocrine pancreas in patients undergoing pancreatectomy

Figure 5 Blood glucose concentration during and after total pancreatectomy in a middle-aged female patient. Blood glucose is shown by the black line. The insulin infusion rate (light grey line) increased according to the increase in glucose concentration. A: Beginning of surgery; B: Wound closure; C: Beginning of parenteral nutrition in ICU; D: Beginning of combined enteral and parenteral nutrition; GIR: Glucose infusion rate; IIR: Insulin infusion rate.