Frequency of severe hypoglycemia requiring emergency treatment in type 1 and type 2 diabetes: A population-based study of health service resource use

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1176-1180

  Leese, Graham P ^a,d   Wang, Jixian ^a   Broomhall, Janice ^a   Kelly, Paul ^b   Marsden, Andrew ^b   Morrison, William ^a   Frier, Brian M ^c   Morris, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TABLET; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0041666594     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.4.1176     Document Type: Article

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