The short-term outcome of hypoglycemic diabetic patients who refuse ambulance transport after out-of-hospital therapy

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 768-772

  Mechem, C Crawford ^a   Kreshak, Allyson A ^a   Barger, Jennifer ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Diabetes; Emergency medical services; Glucose; Hypoglycemia; Paramedics; Refusal of care

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031817284     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02502.x     Document Type: Article

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