Do diabetic patients have higher in-hospital complication rates when admitted from the emergency department for possible myocardial ischemia?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 264-268

  Richman, Peter B ^a   Brogan Jr , Gerard X ^b   Nashed, Ashraf H ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^c   Thode Jr , Henry C ^d  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Diabetes; Emergency department; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; COMPLICATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0034007031     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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