Evaluation of hospital glycemic control at US Academic Medical Centers

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Boord, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Greevy, Robert A ^a,b   Braithwaite, Susan S ^c   Arnold, Pamela C ^d   Selig, Patricia M ^e   Brake, Helga ^f,h   Cuny, Joanne ^f   Baldwin, David ^g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^g RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Hospital; Insulin therapy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66049154966     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.390     Document Type: Article

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