Pharmaceutical care of patients with gestational diabetes mellitus

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-140

  Elnour, A A ^a,b   El Mugammar, I T ^a   Jaber, T ^a   Revel, T ^a,c   McElnay, James C ^b  

^a AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Gestational diabetes mellitus; Health related quality of life; Hyperglycaemia; Patient education; Pharmaceutical care; self monitoring

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SELF MONITORING; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 38349046819     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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