Impact of a subcutaneous insulin protocol in the Emergency Department: Rush Emergency Department Hyperglycemia Intervention (REDHI)

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 493-498

  Munoz, Christina ^a   Villanueva, Grace ^a   Fogg, Louis ^a   Johnson, Tricia ^b   Hannold, Katherine ^a   Agruss, Janyce ^a   Baldwin, David ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Research and Policy Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; Emergency Department; hyperglycemia; insulin; protocols

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN ASPART;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956053334     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: 07364679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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