Prehospital management of diabetic emergencies - A population-based intervention study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 610-615

  Holstein, Andreas ^a   Plaschke, A ^a   Vogel, M Y ^a   Egberts, E H ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LIPPE DETMOLD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic coma; Emergency medicine; Hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC COMA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC COMA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038637792     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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