Effects of epidural steroid injections on blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Even, Jesse L ^a   Crosby, Colin G ^a   Song, Yanna ^a   McGirt, Matthew J ^a   Devin, Clinton J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood glucose; diabetes; epidural steroid injections

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG HALF LIFE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 84655162232     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31821fd21f     Document Type: Article

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