Eliminating Inpatient Sliding-Scale Insulin: A Reeducation Project With Medical House Staff
Response to Baldwin et al.
- Andrea A. Peterson, MD1,
- Pamela Charney, MD12 and
- Nancy J. Rennert, MD13
- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut
- 2Departments of Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
- 3Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- Address correspondence to Nancy Rennert, MD, Norwalk Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, 121 Water St., Norwalk, CT 06854. E-mail: njrmd1{at}optonline.net
We applaud Baldwin et al.’s (1) efforts to improve the management of inpatient hyperglycemia and to advance resident knowledge about best care practices. However, we would welcome additional data to support the authors’ assertion that the effect on medical house staff education was sustained. The data reported were only from the 8-week study period, when an attending endocrinologist rounded with residents twice each day on all study patients. There are no data from a subsequent time period for comparison. …
