Infection, absent tachycardia, cancer history, and severe coma are independent mortality predictors in geriatric patients with hyperglycemic crises

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Chien Cheng ^a,b,c   Chien, Tsair Wei ^a,d   Su, Shih Bin ^a,b   Guo, How Ran ^c   Chen, Wei Lung ^e,f   Chen, Jiann Hwa ^e,f   Chang, Su Hen ^e,f   Lin, Hung Jung ^a,b   Wang, Yi Fong ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^e CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENT TACHYCARDIA; AGED; COMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84891806936     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-2334     Document Type: Letter

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