Help Patients With Diabetes Understand Their Glycemic Goals

You’ll get questions about outpatient A1c or continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) goals for patients admitted with a diabetes complication.

For example, this may come up for patients admitted with ketoacidosis, hypoglycemia, or a diabetes-related foot infection.

Explain that glycemic goals should be individualized...and that a “one-size-fits-all” approach isn’t safe, practical, or recommended.