Outpatient-to-Inpatient Transition of Insulin Pump Therapy: Successes and Continuing Challenges

Transitioning insulin pump therapy from the outpatient to the inpatient setting: a review of 6 years' experience with 253 cases.

BACKGROUND We reviewed the care of a large cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus on insulin pump therapy who required an inpatient stay. METHODS Records were reviewed of patients hospitalized between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2011. RESULTS A total of 136 patients using insulin pumps had 253 hospitalizations. Mean (standard deviation) patient age was 55 (16) years, diabetes durat...

Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis: Successes and continuing challenges

1 Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, 2 WHO Collaborating Centre for the epidemiology, detection and control of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis (in humans and animals); European Reference Laboratory for Parasites; Istituto Superiore di Sanita’, Rome, Ita...

Insulin Pump Class: Back to the Basics of Pump Therapy.

Challenges With Insulin in the Inpatient Setting

IN BRIEF This article reviews potential challenges to and necessary considerations for ensuring the safe and effective use of insulin in the hospital setting. It offers practical suggestions for managing insulin-related issues regarding medication reconciliation, general inpatient management, and the use of concentrated insulin products.

Cost-of-Illness in Psoriasis: Comparing Inpatient and Outpatient Therapy

Treatment modalities of chronic plaque psoriasis have dramatically changed over the past ten years with a still continuing shift from inpatient to outpatient treatment. This development is mainly caused by outpatient availability of highly efficient and relatively well-tolerated systemic treatments, in particular BioLogicals. In addition, inpatient treatment is time- and cost-intense, conflicti...