The impact of hypoglycaemia on patients admitted to hospital with medical emergencies

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 574-580

  Tan, H K ^a   Flanagan, D ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84876380681     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12123     Document Type: Article

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