Clinical Outcome of Tight Glucose Control of Diabetic Patients Hospitalized In General Internal Medicine Wards A National Israeli Study

Patient characteristics:

Patients admitted to internal medicine departments in public hospitals of Israel who have pre-admission diagnosis of diabetes, or have a random plasma glucose >200 mg/dl on admission

Eligibility criteria

1. Age: >18 years
2. Fasting plasma glucose > 140 mg/dl or non-fasting plasma glucose >200 mg/dl in two separate blood tests if non-diabetic, or in a single blood test if have pre-diagnosed diabetes
3. Able to understand the study objective and methods and willing to provide a written informed consent
4. No significant liver disease
5. Serum creatinine <2.0 mg/dl

Exclusion criteria