Hospital discharge algorithm based on admission HbA1c for the management of patients with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2934-2939

  Umpierrez, Guillermo E ^a   Reyes, David ^a   Smiley, Dawn ^a   Hermayer, Kathie ^b   Khan, Amna ^c   Olson, Darin E ^a,d   Pasquel, Francisco ^a   Jacobs, Sol ^a   Newton, Christopher ^a   Peng, Limin ^e   Fonseca, Vivian ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN GLULISINE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LONG ACTING INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN, LONG-ACTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84910149285     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc14-0479     Document Type: Article

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