The burden of diabetes mellitus in elderly patients from an Asian tertiary hospital

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Yong ^a   Goh, Su Yen ^a   Tan, Say Beng ^b,c   Ho, Hanley J ^a   Emmanuel, Shanta ^d   Wang, Ping ^d   Ng, Han Seong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DM; DM associated adverse outcomes; ICD 9 AM

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE BURDEN; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE AND RELATED HEALTH PROBLEM 9TH REVISION AUSTRALIAN MODIFICATION CODE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 83555160946     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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