Hypoglycemia in the elderly

Diabetic Hypoglycemia

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Hope, Suzy V ^a   Strain, W David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Elderly people; Hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; VILDAGLIPTIN;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADD ON THERAPY; AGED; AGING; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84879612925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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