Assessing inpatient glycemic control: What are the next steps?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-427

  Cook, Curtiss B ^a   Wellik, Kay E ^a   Kongable, Gail L ^b   Shu, Jianfen ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glucometrics; Hospitalizations; Inpatient glucose control

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CONSENSUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME;

BENCHMARKING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; CONSENSUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INPATIENTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865119254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681200600230     Document Type: Review

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