Institutional glucometrics to determine glucose control as practiced by general medicine wards

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 463-467

  Buchs, Andreas E ^a   Rapoport, Micha J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capillary glucose; Diabetes mellitus; Glucometrics; Glucose control; Internal medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INPATIENTS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77957657972     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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