SS patients who received oral hypoglycemics, insulin aspart mix, insulin detemir, insulin glargine, insulin glulisine, insulin NPH, or insulin 70/30; or TC patients who received oral hypoglycemics ...

Problem: Sliding scale insulin (SSI) is frequently used for inpatient management of hyperglycemia and is associated with a large number of medication errors and adverse events including hypoglycemia ...

compared the efficacy and safety of a basal-bolus insulin regimen with that of sliding-scale regular insulin ... to receive a basal-bolus regimen of glargine and glulisine (n = 65) or a standard ...

The data revealed that a higher percentage of patients on TC were discharged on pharmacotherapy for hyperglycemia, particularly basal insulin products, as compared with those on SS. This may be ...