Failure to control hyperglycemia in noncritically ill diabetes patients despite standard glycemic management in a hospital setting

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 402-409

  Neubauer, Katharina Maria ^a   Schaupp, Lukas ^a   Plank, Johannes ^a   Augustin, Thomas ^b   Mautner, Selma Isabella ^a,b   Tschapeller, Bernd ^b   Pieber, Thomas Rudolf ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Glycemic quality; Hospital; Quality assessment; Work effort

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERY ELDERLY; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STANDARD OF CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84891465839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681300700217     Document Type: Article

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