Temporal patterns of hypoglycaemia and burden of sulfonylurea-related hypoglycaemia in UK hospitals: A retrospective multicentre audit of hospitalised patients with diabetes

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Rajendran, Rajesh ^a   Kerry, Christopher ^a   Rayman, Gerry ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; SULFONYLUREA; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NIGHT; NURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904261396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005165     Document Type: Article

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