A Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered. The rate of incidence for pancreatitis each year in the United States is over 300,000 people. Roughly 200,000 people are hospitalized each year for treatment of acute pancreatitis.
As reported in Diabetes Technology & Management, recent research shows that smaller 8 millimeter (mm), 6 mm, and 4 mm needles are as effective, regardless of body mass. This makes insulin injections more acceptable and less painful than it was in the past.
Re: Insulin units to ml. A dosing measure of insulin is always in units and should NEVER be converted to mL! There is a reason that the syringes are different. This is not a mathematical challenge, and trying to convert in such a fashion is foolish. Use insulin syringes for insulin, which is dosed in units. Use mL syringes for medications that are clearly dosed in mL. DO NOT (as the previous post stated) assume that 100units is 1cc.