Telemedicine application in the care of diabetes patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Marcolino, Milena Soriano ^a   Maia, Junia Xavier ^a   Alkmim, Maria Beatriz Moreira ^a   Boersma, Eric ^b   Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

BODY MASS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELEMEDICINE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MEDLINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84892578607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079246     Document Type: Review

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