Sliding scale insulin: Will the false idol finally fall?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 662-664

  Cheung, N W ^a   Chipps, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diabetes; hospital; inpatient diabetology; insulin; medication prescription

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN GLULISINE; LONG ACTING INSULIN; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INDICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLIDING SCALE INSULIN;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956822020     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02231.x     Document Type: Review

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