Increased glycemic variability is independently associated with length of stay andmortality in noncritically ill hospitalized patients

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4091-4097

  Mendez, Carlos E ^a   Mok, Ki Tae ^a   Ata, Ashar ^a   Tanenberg, Robert J ^b   Calles Escandon, Jorge ^c   Umpierrez, Guillermo E ^d  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCEMIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW YORK; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84891860642     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc12-2430     Document Type: Article

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