Effects of two different doses of epidural steroid on blood glucose levels and pain control in patients with diabetes mellitus

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 557-568

  Kim, Won Ho ^a   Sim, Woo Seog ^a   Shin, Byung Seop ^a   Lee, Chul Joong ^b   Jin, Hyun Seung ^a   Lee, Jin Young ^a   Roe, Hee Jin ^a   Kim, Chung Su ^a   Lee, Sangmin M ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Zeropain Pain Management Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Diabetes; Epidural steroid injection; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84888100538     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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