Suboptimal glycaemic and blood pressure control and screening for diabetic complications in adult ambulatory diabetic patients in Uganda: A retrospective study from a developing country

Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kibirige, Davis ^a   Atuhe, David ^b,c   Sebunya, Robert ^c   Mwebaze, Raymond ^b,c  

^a UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diabetic complications and Uganda; Glycaemic and blood pressure control; Screening

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC COMPLICATION; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UGANDA;

EID: 84908156298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22516581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6581-13-40     Document Type: Article

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