Choose the U-500 Kwikpen Over U-500 Vials

April 2016

A new Humulin R KwikPen will raise more questions about how to safely use U-500 insulin.

For years this concentrated form of regular insulin has come in a 20 mL vial...with 500 units/mL instead of 100 units/mL.

But there's often confusion about how to use U-500.

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Table of Contents

Sepsis Look for Organ Dysfunction to Identify Septic Patients
End-of-Life Care Use Opioids and Benzodiazepines to Treat Breathlessness in End-of-Life Patients
Gastroenterology Stop Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis When Patients Transfer Out of the ICU
Stroke Consider Suggesting Pioglitazone for Patients with Prediabetes and Prior Str
Hepatitis C Watch Statin Doses With New Hepatitis C Med Zepatier
Opioids Don't Use Methadone to Treat Acute Pain
Insulin Choose the U-500 Kwikpen Over U-500 Vials
Insulin Create Insulin Pump Protocols for Your Hospital
Supplements Point Out Which Potassium Supplements Leave a "Ghost" Tab in the Stool
Neurology & Pain Continue to Use Benzodiazepines First-Line in Status Epilepticus
Enteral Tubes Start with Tap Water to Unclog Feeding Tubes