Hypoglycaemia is associated with increased length of stay and mortality in people with diabetes who are hospitalized

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Nirantharakumar, K ^a,b   Marshall, T ^a   Kennedy, A ^a,b   Narendran, P ^a,b   Hemming, K ^a   Coleman, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869137330     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12002     Document Type: Article

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