Hyperglycemia and mortality in elderly patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 252-256

  Bader, Mazen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hyperglycemia; Mortality; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL INSTABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247611910     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000257383.66288.68     Document Type: Review

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