Diabetes in a geriatric ward: Efficacy and safety of new insulin analogs in very old inpatients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.3, 2012, Pages 17-19

  Franchin, Alessandro ^a   Corradin, Maria Luisa ^a   Giantin, Valter ^a   Rossi, Francesco ^a   Zanatta, Federica ^a   Attanasio, Francesca ^a   Toffanello, Elena Debora ^a   Manzato, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes prevalence; Elderly diabetic inpatients; Insulin analogs

Indexed keywords

INSULIN DERIVATIVE; LONG ACTING INSULIN; SHORT ACTING INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GERIATRICS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ITALY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872737797     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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