The spectrum of coma among people with diabetes in Cameroon: An appraisal of the implications and challenges at the Yaounde Central Hospital

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-78

  Dehayem, Y M ^a   Kengne, A P ^b   Choukem, S P ^a   Simo, N L ^a   Awah, K P ^c   Mbanya, J C ^a,c  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC COMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KETOACIDOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; UREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; DIABETIC COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38749144439     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252188     Document Type: Article

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