Sliding Scale Insulin vs Basal-Bolus Insulin Therapy in Long-Term Care: A 21-Day Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Efficacy, Safety and Feasibility

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 206-213

  Dharmarajan, Thiruvinvamalai S ^a   Mahajan, Dheeraj ^b,c,d,e   Zambrano, Annie ^b,c,d,e   Agarwal, Bikash ^f   Fischer, Rachel ^f   Sheikh, Zahra ^g   Skokowska Lebelt, Anna ^h   Patel, Meenakshi ^i,j   Wester, Rebecca ^k   Madireddy, Naga P ^l   Pandya, Naushira ^m   Baralatei, Florence T ⁿ   Vance, Jackie ^o   Norkus, Edward P ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lakeview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^c Carlton at the Lake   (United States)

^d Cedar Pointe Rehab and Nursing   (United States)

^e Presence Villa Scalabrini Nursing and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^f Life Care Nursing Home   (United States)

^g Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Worcester   (United States)

^h Beth Abraham Health Services   (United States)

ⁱ Bethany Village   (United States)

^j Trinity Community Nursing Home   (United States)

^k Nebraska Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^l Koester Pavilion   (United States)

^m St John's Care Center   (United States)

ⁿ Heritage Healthcare of Macon   (United States)

^o American Medical Directors Association   (United States)

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Author keywords

Basal bolus insulin therapy; Efficacy and safety of basal bolus insulin therapy in long term care; Insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes in long term care; Sliding scale insulin therapy

Indexed keywords

BASAL BOLUS INSULIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SLIDING SCALE INSULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; LONG ACTING INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INSULIN TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN, LONG-ACTING; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84958917042     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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