Risk factors for severe hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetic patients admitted to hospital in Piraeus, Greece

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 485-489

  Sotiropoulos, A ^a   Skliros, E A ^b   Tountas, C ^c   Apostolou, U ^a   Peppas, T A ^a   Pappas, S I ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENU PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 33645302364     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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