title: Hypoglycemia in the hospital.
abstract: Hypoglycemia is a common adverse event affecting hospitalized patients with diabetes. This paper reviews the data regarding optimization of glucose in hospitalized patients, discusses the scope and significance of hypoglycemia in the hospital, and makes recommendations on how to reduce the risk of this serious adverse event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Mansur
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shomali
keywords: diabetes; hospital; hypoglycemia; insulin