Admission blood glucose predicts mortality and length of stay in patients admitted through the emergency department

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 916-924

  Martin, W G ^a   Galligan, J ^b   Simpson, S ^c   Greenaway, T ^b,d   Burgess, J ^b,d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glycaemic variability; Length of stay; Mortality; Stress hyperglycaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASMANIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMITTING DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TASMANIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84940518294     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12841     Document Type: Article

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