Assessment of glycemic control among diabetic residents in nursing homes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Basso, Alfonso ^a   Peruzzi, Pierpaolo ^b   Carollo, Maria Cecilia ^b   Improta, Giuseppina ^b   Fedeli, Ugo ^c  

^a Fondazione Maria Teresa Mioni Onlus   (Italy)

^b IPAB Vicenza   (Italy)

^c SER Epidemiological Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hemoglobin A 1c; Long term care facilities

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862177983     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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