Sitagliptin Therapy in Hospitalized Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Sitagliptin will be taken orally at 100 mg or 50 mg once a day per renal function.

Basal bolus regimen with glargine once daily and rapid-acting insulin (lispro or aspart) before meals + + correction doses of rapid acting insulin if needed

Janumet is a combination of metformin and sitagliptin. Patients with HbA1c ≤ 7% will be discharged on the combination of metformin and sitagliptin (Janumet ® 500/50 mg) twice daily for 6 months.

"Patients with blood glucose between 140-200 mg/dL during hospitalization will receive 0.2 units per kg weight per day.~Patients with blood glucose between 201-400 mg/dL during hospitalization will receive 0.25 units per kg weight per day."

Glargine will be prescribed at 50% of daily hospital dose.

Glargine will be prescribed at 80% of daily hospital dose.