These two articles do not conflict as much as it seems about whether to continue oral diabetes medications. Both articles emphasize the inferiority of sliding-scale insulin to support their ...

Evidence indicates that hospitalized patients with hyperglycemia do not benefit from tight blood glucose control. Maintaining a blood glucose level of less than 180 mg per dL (9.99 mmol per L) will ...

A quarter of newly admitted nursing home residents who receive insulin for type 2 diabetes are treated using a contested regimen, a new study of Veterans Affairs facilities finds. Up to 33% of ...

Study design. This prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel-group study compared the use of pen devices with conventional vials and syringes for the administration of insulin in hospitalized ...