Sliding scale insulin (SSI), once a prominent diabetes treatment, entails checking your blood sugar levels before meals. Your pre-meal blood sugar then determines your insulin dosage.

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 ...

The infusion should be stopped, and the patient should be maintained on sliding scale insulin. The patient is receiving a disproportionate amount of basal insulin with his outpatient pump regimen.

A standardized sliding scale insulin (SSI) order sheet can reduce the incidence of SSI-related medication errors, according to a study published online December 7 in the Journal of Evaluation in ...

While several studies have shown the benefit of an intensive insulin protocol in the ICU setting, this study specifically focused on the impact of such a protocol in the non-ICU setting. Failure ...

Despite being discouraged in the elderly, a facilities study has found that sliding scale insulin therapy is used in 21% of newly admitted residents who receive the drug for type 2 diabetes and is ...

(HealthDay)—A standardized sliding scale insulin (SSI) order sheet can reduce the incidence of SSI-related medication errors, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in the Journal of ...

PARIS, June 25 Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced today that results from the RAndomized Study of Basal Bolus Insulin Therapy in the Inpatient Management of Patients with Type ...

How much insulin to take each day: Sliding scale charts. ... They believe injecting insulin will allow energy in the form of glucose to enter their cells so they can build more muscle.

This past month I have seen four adults with type 2 diabetes who have gained 40 lb or more in weight during a 12-month period and they all blamed it on their insulin therapy. Whether insulin ...