Inpatient insulin orders: Are patients getting what is prescribed?

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 526-529

  Deal, Eli N ^a   Liu, Aiqun ^a   Wise, Laura L ^a   Honick, Kathy A ^a   Tobin, Garry S ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TRANSPLANTATION;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82955187555     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.938     Document Type: Article

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