The Relationship of Plasma Glucose and HbA1c Levels among Emergency Department Patients with No Prior History of Diabetes Mellitus

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 722-726

  Silverman, Robert A ^a   Pahk, Raymond ^a   Carbone, Michelle ^a   Wells, Evelyn ^a   Mitzner, Ron ^a   Burris, Katy ^a   Kelson, James R ^a   Grella, Rosetta ^a   Katzeff, Harvey ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute disease; diabetes mellitus; emergency medicine; glycosylated; hemoglobin A

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SALVAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EATING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745459424     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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