Is blood glucose on admission a predictor of mortality in adult acute pneumonia?

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-280

  Foltran, Francesca ^a   Gregori, Dario ^a   Caropreso, Antonio ^b   Pagano, Eva ^b   Bruno, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperglycaemia; Hypoglycaemia; In hospital mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HYPERGLYCAEMIA; HYPOGLYCAEMIA; IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880142605     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12003     Document Type: Article

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