Is there a "july effect' for inpatient glycemic control?

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 919-924

  Nicolas, Kristine ^a   Raroque, Sabrina ^a   Rowland, Douglas Y ^b   Chaiban, Joumana T ^a,c  

^a St Vincent Charity Medical Center   (United States)

^b DY Rowland Associates   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 84907910717     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP13406.CR     Document Type: Article

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