The relationship between admission blood glucose levels and hospital mortality

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 952-955

  Cheung, N W ^a   Li, S ^a   Ma, G ^a   Crampton, R ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucose; Hospital; Hyperglycaemia; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA;

EID: 43049123387     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1001-4     Document Type: Article

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