Transport refusal by hypoglycemic patients after on-scene intravenous dextrose

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 855-857

  Carter, Alix J E ^a   Keane, Paul S ^a   Dreyer, Jonathan F ^a  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dextrose; Hypoglycemia; Prehospital; Refusal of transport

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0036337651     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.8.855     Document Type: Article

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