AMDA-Choosing Wisely

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 639-641

  Vance, Jacqueline ^a  

^a American Medical Directors Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEARNING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84884142166     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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