The role of admission blood glucose in outcome prediction of surviving patients with multiple injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 704-708

  Kreutziger, Janett ^a   Schlaepfer, Jessica ^b   Wenzel, Volker ^a   Constantinescu, Mihai Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Spital Interlaken ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Hyperglycemia; Multiple trauma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INJURY SEVERITY; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449203732     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b22e37     Document Type: Article

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