Admission preoperative glucose is predictive of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients who require immediate operative intervention

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-174

  Bochicchio, Grant V ^a,b   Salzano, Laura ^a   Manjari, Joshi ^a   Bochicchio, Kelly ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; ABDOMEN; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GUNSHOT INJURY; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 22844452085     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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