Hot water bottles and diabetic patients - A cautionary tale

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 512, 2005, Pages 222-223

  Jose, Rajive Mathew ^a,b   Vidyadharan, Ramesh ^a   Roy, Deb Kumar ^a   Erdmann, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HOT WATER; METFORMIN; ROSIGLITAZONE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN DRESSING; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SLEEP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THERMAL INJURY; WARMING; WINTER;

BURNS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; HEAT; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14944342620     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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