Basal-Bolus Versus Sliding-Scale Insulin Therapy in the Acute Care Hospital Setting: A Review of Comparative Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness [Internet].

When patients with diabetes are hospitalized, their glucose control may be suboptimal because oral medications are often stopped on admission. In fact, high blood sugar levels, or hyperglycemia, are common among hospitalized patients and linked to complications, such as increased morbidity, mortality, and hospital stay. Although low blood sugar levels, or hypoglycemia are serious risks associated with insulin therapy, potentially leading to arrhythmias and other cardiac events,, better glucose control with insulin for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes may improve clinical outcomes and prevent complications in hospitals.

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