Trends and disparities in U.S. emergency department visits for hypoglycemia, 1993-2005

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 511-513

  Ginde, Adit A ^a   Espinola, Janice A ^b   Camargo, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449118613     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1790     Document Type: Article

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