Do I have to stop the insulin infusion if the enteral feeds have been stopped for a rest period?
You do not have to stop the insulin infusion, but use a common sense approach. When you stop the enteral feeds, consider what the blood sugar is and what other glucose the patient is receiving. You would then need to ANTICIPATE a change in blood glucose before deciding how to adjust or to stop your insulin.
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