A new device to introduce self-injection of insulin by his non-dominant hand in a patient with hemiplegia

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-509

  Sohmiya, Motoi ^a   Kanazawa, Ippei ^a   Inomata, Nobuko ^b   Yonehara, Sanae ^b   Sumigawa, Miho ^b   Terai, Rika ^b   Shitamori, Aya ^b   Kagawa, Mitsuko ^b   Kato, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Masuda Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HUMAN INSULIN; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HANDEDNESS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF INJECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE;

EID: 4344623294     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1520915041705947     Document Type: Article

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