Effect of diabetes on mortality and length of hospital stay in patients with renal or perinephric abscess

Effect of diabetes on mortality and length of hospital stay in patients with renal or perinephric abscess

OBJECTIVES: We compared the risk of in-hospital mortality and the length of hospital stay between diabetic and non-diabetic patients hospitalized for renal or perinephric abscess. METHOD: The data analyzed in this study were retrieved from Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims. The risk o...

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Main Authors: Ming-Chung Ko, Allen Wen-Hsiang Chiu, Chih-Ching Liu, Chih-Kuang Liu, Lin-Chung Woung, Lai-King Yu, Chung-Yi Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2013-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Renal Abscess
Diabetes
Mortality
Length of Hospital Stay
Cohort Study
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322013000801109&lng=en&tlng=en

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