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.
80 Chapter 9 â Drawing Up and Giving Insulin. The amount of insulin the syringe will hold. varies. There are 3/10cc and 1/2cc syringes. for people using less than 30 or 50 units of. insulin per injection, or 1cc syringes for those. using more than 50 units per injection (see. drawings).