Management of Diabetes in the Emergency Room: a Randomized Trial of an Insulin Protocol.

Summary

This study will examine two questions: 1. Whether insulin treatment of high blood sugar in patients with diabetes while they are in the emergency room will improve how quickly they recover from illness if they need to be hospitalized. 2. Whether immediately beginning long lasting insulin detemir in patients with diabetes when they are admitted to hospital from the emergency room will improve how quickly they recover from the illness which necessitated hospitalization.

Timeline

Start

2008-05

Primary completion

2009-07

Completion

2009-07

Publications

• Bernard JB, Munoz C, Harper J, Muriello M, Rico E, Baldwin D. Treatment of inpatient hyperglycemia beginning in the emergency department: a randomized trial using insulins aspart and detemir compared with usual care. J Hosp Med. 2011 May;6(5):279-84. doi: 10.1002/jhm.866.

Drugs

Indications