Adherence to Guidelines for Inpatient Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Outcomes

Conclusions Adherence to guidelines for inpatient type 2 diabetes management is good and may be greater with more training. Hyperglycemia was more common in patients who did not receive guideline-based care. Hypoglycemia was uncommon and did not appear to be more common in the guideline-adherent group, although numbers were small. These results may alleviate physicians' fear that providing adequate insulin to hospitalized patients may cause hypoglycemia.
Source: Canadian Journal of Diabetes - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research