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Table 1 Penalty evaluation strategy showing threshold values and penalty values for the evaluation of blood glucose (BG) control in the intensive care unit (ICU)

From: Glycemic penalty index for adequately assessing and comparing different blood glucose control algorithms

Range no.

Glycemic range (mg/dl)

Clinical description

Penalty (ρ)

Reference

1

BG < 40

Hypoglycemic alarm

3

[35]

2

40 ≤ BG < 60

Hypoglycemia

2

[35]

3

60 ≤ BG < 80

Slight hypoglycemia

1

[35]

4

80 ≤ BG ≤ 110

Normoglycemia

0

[8, 9]

5

110 <BG ≤ 150

Slight hyperglycemia

1

[30]

6

150 <BG ≤ 200

Hyperglycemia

2

[30]

7

200 <BG

Hyperglycemic alarm

3

[8]