Meeting
Abstract Number: 327
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Insulin is the preferred agent to manage hyperglycemia in the hospital. However, it is considered a high alert medication due to risk of hypoglycemia and severity of adverse events. In our institution, three hospitals currently use an order for correctional insulin based on a formula, in which the nurse calculates the dosage using the […]
Abstract Number: G22
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Studies have demonstrated that oral medications such as metformin are safe to continue in the hospital, and that when insulin is used in a hospital setting, a basal or basal-bolus regimen is more effective than sliding scale monotherapy (1-2). Despite mounting evidence and society guidelines, clinicians have been slow to adopt these practices in […]