Open AccessElevated Admission Glucose and Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Mikhail Kosiborod,
Silvio E. Inzucchi,
John A. Spertus,
Yongfei Wang,
Frederick A. Masoudi,
Edward P. Havranek,
Harlan M. Krumholz
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.821843
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , heart failure , cohort , proportional hazards model , cohort study , endocrinology
Although some professional societies recommend target-driven glucose control for all hospitalized patients, the association between elevated glucose and adverse outcomes has not been well established in patients hospitalized with heart failure.
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