Interinstitutional variation in glycohemoglobin monitoring and glycemic control of diabetic patients

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-197

  Valenstein, P N ^a   Walsh, M K ^a   Pappas, A A ^a   Howanitz, P J ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035113209     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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