Association between hypoglycemia and inpatient mortality and length of hospital stay in hospitalized, insulin-treated patients

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-107

  Brodovicz, Kimberly G ^a   Mehta, Vinay ^a   Zhang, Qiaoyi ^a   Zhao, Changgeng ^a   Davies, Michael J ^a   Chen, Jieling ^a   Radican, Larry ^a   Engel, Samuel S ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Inpatient; Insulin; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872228501     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2012.754744     Document Type: Article

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