Overcoming clinical inertia in the management of postoperative patients with diabetes

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 320-328

  Apsey, Heidi A ^a   Coan, Kathryn E ^a   Castro, Janna C ^a   Jameson, Kimberly A ^b   Schlinkert, Richard T ^a   Cook, Curtiss B ^b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Division of Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84898606904     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP13366.OR     Document Type: Article

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