Methods From January to March 2018, a comparative study of insulin in vitro was conducted and divided into 3 groups (multi-cavity bag group, hospital configuration group, glucose group) in Beijing Hospital, National Geriatrics Center. Multi-cavity bag group was injected with the parenteral nutrition in multi-cavity bag [Fat milk amino acid (17) glucose (10%) injection, each bag contains glucose 97 g, soybean oil long-chain triglyceride 51 g, amino acid 34 g, total liquid 1 440 mL, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) bag]. Hospital configuration group was injected with self-made PN mixture (1 500 mL volume in total, containing 250 mL 20% long-chain fat emulsion, 500 mL 8.6% compound 18 amino acids, 250 mL 50% glucose, 500 mL 0.9% sodium chloride solution, EVA bag). Glucose group was injected with 1 000 mL 10% glucose injection, styrene, ethylene, butene copolymer [styrene ethylene butene copolymer (SEB)] bags were used, 15% potassium chloride 1.5 g was added. Ten bags were in each group which was added with protamine biosynthetic human insulin of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 IU, stimulating the clinical infusion of 12 hours in constant speed in vitro. After mixing, insulin concentration of multi-cavity bag was detected in the time of immediately after mixing, before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h after infusion. The change value and amplitude of insulin concentration at different time points in 3 groups with insulin 10 and 50 IU were calculated.
Results Under the standard operation specifications, added insulin dose of 10 IU, immediately after mixing in the multi-cavity bag group, before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 h after infusion were 1 375, 1 355, 1 290, 1 215, 1 260, 1 270, 1 310 and 1 275 μU/mL; 50 IU of insulin was added, the insulin concentration in the time of immediately after mixing, before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h after infusion were 4 710, 4 675, 4 915, 4 525, 4 805, 4 575, 4 805, 4 570 μU/mL. Ten IU of insulin was added, the change values of insulin concentration in the time of before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h after infusion were -20, -85, -160, -115, -65 and -100 μU/mL, respectively. Fifty IU of insulin was added, the change values of insulin concentration in the time of before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h after infusion were -35, 205, -185, 95, -135, 95 and -140 μU/mL, respectively. Ten IU of insulin was added, the rangeability of insulin concentration in the time of before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h after infusion were 1.5%, 6.2%, 11.6%, 8.4%, 7.6%, 4.7% and 7.3%, respectively. Fifty IU of insulin was added, the rangeability of insulin concentration in the time of before infusion, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 h after infusion were 0.7%, 4.4%, 3.9%, 2.0%, 2.9%, 2.0% and 3.0%, respectively. The insulin concentration in different time of the multi-cavity bag group was stable, and was not affected by the dosage and using time of insulin. The change trend of insulin concentration in the hospital group was similar to that in the multi-cavity bag group. The insulin in glucose group was stable with time, while the relative concentration was lower than those in the other two groups.