Frequency of hypoglycemia and its impact on length of stay, mortality, and short-term readmission in patients with diabetes hospitalized in internal medicine wards

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 870-875

  Zapatero, Antonio ^a   Gómez Huelgas, Ricardo ^b   González, Noemi ^a   Canora, Jesús ^a   Asenjo, Ángel ^c   Hinojosa, Juan ^a   Plaza, Susana ^d   Marco, Javier ^e   Barba, Raquel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84907914787     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP14006.OR     Document Type: Article

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