Developing an integrated treatment pathway for a post-coronary artery bypass grating (CABG) geriatric patient with comorbid hypertension and type 1 diabetes mellitus for treating acute hypoglycemia and electrolyte imbalance

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 216-220

  Naqvi, Atta Abbas ^a   Shah, Amna ^b   Ahmad, Rizwan ^a   Ahmad, Niyaz ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ZIAUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; diabetes mellitus; electrolyte imbalance; hypertension; hypoglycemia; medical algorithm; postcoronary artery bypass grafting; respiratory tract infection; treatment pathway

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; METFORMIN; NITRATE; ROSUVASTATIN; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

EID: 85029839138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.JPBS_33_17     Document Type: Article

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