Assessing the relationship between admission glucose levels, subsequent length of hospital stay, readmission and mortality

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-139

  Evans, N R ^a   Dhatariya, Ketan K ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysglycaemia; Glucose; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSGLYCEMIA; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84862553223     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-2-137     Document Type: Article

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