Should inpatient hyperglycaemia be treated?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7897, 2013, Pages

  Dhatariya, Ketan ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INPATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874639418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f134     Document Type: Article

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