New recommendations for management of high blood glucose in hospitalized patients
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
High blood glucose is associated with poor outcomes in hospitalized patients, and use of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to control hyperglycemia is a common practice in hospitals. But the recent evidence does not show a consistent benefit and even shows harms associated with the use of IIT, according to the American College of Physicians.