By Celia Levesque RN MSN NP-C CNS-BC CDE BC-ADM

In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Celia Levesque of MD Anderson Cancer Center brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Management of the Hospitalized Patient with Diabetes. Top experts provide up-to-date clinical information and best practices for hospitalized patients with diabetes, covering issues such as non-insulin diabetes medications in the pediatric patient; using diabetes technology in hospitalized patients; managing diabetes in patients with heart disease; managing insulin drips; training hospital nurses to be diabetes champions; and more.

Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients with diabetes; current recommendations for insulin therapy in the hospitalized patient; perioperative management of the patient with diabetes; diabetes education for the hospitalized patient; and more.

Provides in-depth clinical reviews on management of the hospitalized patient with diabetes, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.

Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.