Clinical significance of admission hyperglycemia in critical non-diabetic patients after head injury or subarachnoid hemorrhage

Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-178

  Lepore, G ^a,c   Formentano, A ^b   Boselli, L ^b   Nosari, I ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UO di Diabetologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head injury; Hyperglycemia; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INJURY SCALE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0031736348     PISSN: 03943402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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