Glycemic control and sliding scale insulin use in medical inpatients with diabetes mellitus

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 545-552

  Queale, William S ^a   Seidler, Alexander J ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031048013     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.5.545     Document Type: Article

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