ACP issues recommendations for management of high blood glucose in hospitalized patients

<P>Contact: Steve Majewski<BR>smajewski@acponline.org<BR>American College of Physicians <BR>
<P>PHILADELPHIA, May 24, 2013 -- High blood glucose is associated with poor outcomes in hospitalized patients, and use of intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to control hyperglycemia is a common practice in hospitals. But the recent evidence does not show a consistent benefit and even shows harms associated with the use of IIT, according to the American College of

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