Serious harm from inpatient hypoglycaemia: A survey of hospitals in the UK

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1218-1221

  Rajendran, R ^a   Rayman, G ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJURY; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; BRAIN DISEASES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BRAIN DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INSULIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84904250062     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12457     Document Type: Article

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