Ramadan Prospective Diabetes Study: The role of drug dosage and timing alteration, active glucose monitoring and patient education

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 709-715

  Ahmedani, M Y ^a   Haque, M S ^a   Basit, A ^a   Fawwad, A ^a   Alvi, S F D ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fasting; Ramadan

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG DOSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FASTING; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLAM; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861158471     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03563.x     Document Type: Article

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