Immediate in-patient management of hyperglycaemia - Confusion rather than consensus?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-90

  Penfold, S ^a   Gouni, R ^a   Hamilton, P ^a   Richardson, T ^a   Kerr, David ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC HYPERTENSION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIET THERAPY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39049159774     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm128     Document Type: Article

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