Recommendations: Diabetes Care in the Hospital (5)

Recommendations for the care of patients with diabetes who are admitted to the hospital are summarized on six slides Slide 5 of 6 Glucose monitoring should be initiated in any patient not known to be diabetic who receives therapy associated with high risk for hyperglycemia, including high-dose glucocorticoid therapy, initiation of enteral or parenteral nutrition, or other medications such as octreotide or immunosuppressive medications (B) If hyperglycemia is documented and persistent, treatment is necessary; such patients should be treated to the same glycemic goals as patients with known diabetes (E)137Reference American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes—2013. Diabetes Care 2013;36(suppl 1):S46.