A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment with oral agents and basal insulin in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in long-term care facilities

BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pasquel, Francisco J ^a   Powell, Winter ^a   Peng, Limin ^b   Johnson, Theodore M ^a   Sadeghi Yarandi, Shadi ^a   Newton, Christopher ^a   Smiley, Dawn ^a   Toyoshima, Marcos T ^a   Aram, Pedram ^a   Umpierrez, Guillermo E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; INSULIN GLARGINE; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84974613545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000104     Document Type: Article

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