The Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Combined with Computer-Based eMPC Algorithm for Tight Glucose Control in Cardiosurgical ICU

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of postcardiac surgery patients at the time of admission at ICU. Data are mean ± SEM.

	eMPC	eMPC-CGM
Number of patients (𝑛)	12	12
Age (years)	67.5±3.3	68.1±2.2
Female (𝑛)	4	6
Ethnicity: Caucasian (%)	100	100
BMI (kg/m^2)	27.8±1.0	29.1±0.8
Type of surgery (𝑛):
CABG	6	8
Valve replacement	4	3
CABG + valve replacement	2	1
History of diabetes (𝑛)	4	2
Previous insulin treatment (𝑛)	2	0
Arterial hypertension (𝑛)	11	11
Dislipidemia (𝑛)	2	6