Glucose control in nondiabetic elderly patients with pneumonia may be an overlooked therapeutic target

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 25-26

  Castellanos, Mario R ^a   Fadel, Dina Abi ^a   Seminara, Donna P ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PNEUMONIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 44149089593     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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