Association between Hyperglycemia and Increased Hospital Mortality in a Heterogeneous Population of Critically Ill Patients

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1471-1478

  Krinsley, James Stephen ^a  

^a STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0345374590     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/78.12.1471     Document Type: Article

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