Evidence based medicine, guidelines and common sense

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-337

  Tan, Hwee Huan ^a   McMurdo, Marion E T ^b   Morris, Andrew D ^b  

^a SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; URIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF MONITORING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 4043154152     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh116     Document Type: Article

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