Association of hypoglycemia with mortality for subjects hospitalized with pneumonia

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-243

  Mortensen, Eric M ^a,b,c   Garcia, Sean ^b,e   Leykum, Luci ^a,b,e   Nakashima, Brandy ^a   Restrepo, Marcos I ^a,b,d   Anzueto, Antonio ^a,d  

^a STVHCS   (United States)

^b Medical Service   (United States)

^c Divisions of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoglycemia; Mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77949476224     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181ca43fe     Document Type: Article

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