Hypoglycemia-associated mortality is not drug-associated but linked to comorbidities

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1028-1035

  Boucai, Laura ^a   Southern, William N ^a   Zonszein, Joel ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemia in general ward patients; Mortality

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80055004071     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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