A 55 year old business executive is being discharged from
the hospital after a brief admission for cellulitis. His only PMH is HTN and obesity. During his stay, his casual serum glucoses were
found to be in the high 200s mg/dL and a hemoglobin A1C resulted at 11.6%. What should be done at the inpatient to
outpatient transition to address his diabetes?
HughesMedicine - Pharmacotherapy Pearls from the Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacist
Monday, January 16, 2017
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