Variation in use of intensive care for adults with diabetic ketoacidosis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2009-2015

  Gershengorn, Hayley B ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b,c   Cooke, Colin R ^b   Scales, Damon C ^d   Kahn, Jeremy M ^e   Wunsch, Hannah ^f  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027932780     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824e9eae     Document Type: Article

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