Less Is More: Backing off Sliding Scale Insulin for Hospitalized Patients

Lakshmi Karra; Roxanne Radi; Corey Lyon

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2023.230349R1

Less Is More: Backing off Sliding Scale Insulin for Hospitalized Patients

J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Mar 11;37(1):150-152. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230349R1.

Authors

Lakshmi Karra¹, Roxanne Radi¹, Corey Lyon¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Denver Health Hospital Authority, Denver, CO (LK, RR); University of Colorado FMR, Denver, CO (CL).

PMID: 38448234
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230349R1

Abstract

In hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), a less aggressive supplemental insulin regimen is noninferior to a standard, more aggressive, supplemental regimen.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; Hospitalization; Sliding Scale Insulin.

MeSH terms

Blood Glucose
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
Drug Administration Schedule
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
Inpatients
Insulin* / therapeutic use

Substances

Insulin
Blood Glucose
Hypoglycemic Agents