Screening for diabetes in medical inpatients with hyperglycaemia.

The article by Deepak et al on inpatient management of diabetes highlights serious deficiencies in the care provided to diabetic patients.1 We feel that hyperglycaemia in general is often ignored in both non-diabetic and diabetic patients admitted to hospital when their primary problem is not related to blood glucose control.2 This is unfortunate as there is clear evidence, at least in diabetic patients with myocardial infarction, that careful management of blood glucose has a …