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A Wasteful and Harmful Practice: Sliding Scale Insulin Use Among Nursing Home Veterans

The American Medical Directors Association and the American Diabetes Association discourage the use of sliding scale insulin (SSI) in nursing home residents with diabetes due to its association with hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, nursing burden, and patient discomfort. However, prevalence of SSI use i...

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Autores principales: Lam, Kenneth, Gan, Siqi, Jing, Bocheng, Nguyen, Brian, Lee, Sei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7740958/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.665