TY - JOUR T1 - INsulin pens and acute deterioration in blood glucose control AU - Albareda MM, Balmes LL, Wagner AA, Corcoy RR Y1 - 1999/01/11 N1 - JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 100 EP - 100 VL - 159 IS - 1 N2 - Insulin pens have allowed flexibility in the lifestyle of patients with diabetes,1 and their use has become widespread.2 Pen use does not necessarily imply improvement in metabolic control, which may even deteriorate,1,3 and technical problems can occur.2,4- 5 We describe 3 pregnant women with diabetes in whom metabolic control deteriorated owing to pen malfunction. SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ER -