Managing Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Hospital: Focus on the Noncritically Ill Patient
Learning Objectives
1. Evaluate the current scientific evidence regarding glycemic control in the noncritically ill hospitalized patient, including the optimal glycemic target for these patients
2. Describe which medications are best for controlling blood glucose levels in the hospital and discuss which medications can pose a risk
3. Compute an appropriate dose of insulin to manage hyperglycemia in the hospital
4. Formulate an anticipatory, physiologic insulin regimen for a given hospital patient
5. Judge the importance of matching nutritional insulin with the actual nutritional intake, and discuss ways of accomplishing this
6. Arrange a discharge plan for patients on insulin in the hospital and discuss various options that are available
7. Apply the principle of diabetes management to the perioperative patient