Prevalence of missed hyperglycaemia among Jordan University Hospital mortality discharges, 1995-97

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 46-51

  Younis, E ^a   Badheeb, A ^a   Ajlouni, H ^a   Kareem, S A ^a   Ajlouni, K ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FASTING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; JORDAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035241507     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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