Estimating glomerular filtration rate might help to avoid hypoglycemia [3]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1469-1470

  Corsonello, Andrea ^a   Pedone, Claudio ^b   Corica, Francesco ^c   Mazzei, Bruno ^a   Mari, Vincenzo ^a   Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli ^b  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CREATININE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLICLAZIDE; GLIPIZIDE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY METABOLISM; LETTER; LIVER METABOLISM; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748435605     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00865.x     Document Type: Letter

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