In sliding-scale insulin therapy, the dose is based on your blood sugar level. Find out how it works and learn about problems with this diabetes treatment.

Sliding scale insulin (SSI), once a prominent diabetes treatment, entails checking your blood sugar levels before meals. Your pre-meal blood sugar then determines your insulin dosage.

Dr. Lily Ackermann discussed inpatient diabetes care, focusing on real-world decisions and personalized treatment using ...

There is also a strong rationale provided to avoid use of sliding-scale insulin and to consider the use of oral agents and the newer classes of drugs (DPP-4 inhibitors; ...

This past month I have seen four adults with type 2 diabetes who have gained 40 lb or more in weight during a 12-month period and they all blamed it on their insulin therapy. Whether insulin ...

These ranges cannot be achieved with traditional sliding scale (SS) insulin treatment. [ 9 ] Many clinical outcome studies have been done in critically ill patients to evaluate the effectiveness ...

(HealthDay)—A standardized sliding scale insulin (SSI) order sheet can reduce the incidence of SSI-related medication errors, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in the Journal of ...

First fasting blood glucose on admission, mg/dL a 160.6 ± 75.2 206.3 ± 109.9 < 0.001 Total blood glucose, mg/dL a 185.6 ± 36.1 178.9 ± 54.3 0.002 ...