Volume 2, Supplement B, Nov 2007
CME Supplement:
Optimizing Your Approach to Insulin Therapy

In the United States, 7% of the population, or 20.8 million children and adults, have diabetes, and this number is growing at an alarming rate.

This continuing medical education supplement to Insulin presents the current state of knowledge in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and discusses practical approaches to initiating and maintaining an effective insulin regimen.

CME Credit for this activity expired November 30, 2009.

Volume 3, Number 2, Apr 2008
In-Issue CME Supplement:
67th American Diabetes Association Annual Scientific Session Updates

This supplement strives to educate physicians and diabetes educators as to the importance of avoiding hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients as well as the role of postprandial hyperglycemia in increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Volume 3, Number 1, Jan 2008
In-Issue CME Article:
Incorporating Postprandial and Fasting Plasma Glucose into Clinical Management Strategies

Clinicians have traditionally relied on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels for the diagnosis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and as a target for therapy; however, the contribution of postprandial glucose to glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) levels is now considered.

This continuing medical education article examines the contributions of both FPG and PPG to A1C levels in patients with type 2 DM and discusses the impact of these findings on insulin treatment strategies for patients who fail to achieve recommended A1C goals.

CME Credit for this activity expired January 31, 2010.

Inpatient Insulin Therapy

In-Issue CME Article:
Inpatient insulin therapy

Numerous factors place hospitalized patients at increased risk for hyperglycemia, including the stress of hospitalization, infection, fever, the use of glucocorticosteroids, and surgical trauma.

This continuing medical education article strives to educate physicians and diabetes educators as to the risks associated with hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients, the biologic rationale for using insulin to prevent increases in glucose levels, and strategies for managing hyperglycemia in the hospital setting.

CME Credit for this activity expires July 31, 2010.