Prevalence, quality of care, and complications in long term care residents with diabetes: A multicenter observational study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 842-846

  Newton, Christopher A ^a   Adeel, Saira ^a   Sadeghi Yarandi, Shadi ^a   Powell, Winter ^a   Migdal, Alexandra ^a   Smiley, Dawn ^a   Olson, Darin ^a   Chambria, Rakhee ^a   Pinzon, Ingrid ^a   Toyoshima, Marcos ^a   Nagamia, Zobair ^b   Peng, Limin ^c   Johnson, Theodore ^b   Umpierrez, Guillermo E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal insulin; Hospital hyperglycemia; Inpatient hyperglycemia; Long term care; Nursing home; Sliding scale insulin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

BASAL INSULIN; HOSPITAL HYPERGLYCEMIA; INPATIENT HYPERGLYCEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; SLIDING SCALE INSULIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886773448     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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