Sliding scale insulin therapy involves following a chart of insulin dosages. A doctor will help a person with diabetes create this chart based on factors like how their body responds to insulin ...

Objective: To compare traditional sliding scale (SS) with a tight glycemic control ... was compared with those treated with TC (n = 210). Patients on SS insulin received a traditional SS regimen ...

compared the efficacy and safety of a basal-bolus insulin regimen with that of sliding-scale regular insulin (SSI) in hospitalized general medical patients with type 2 diabetes. The prospective ...

The data revealed that a higher percentage of patients on TC were discharged on pharmacotherapy for hyperglycemia, particularly basal insulin products, as compared with those on SS. This may be ...