Nontargeted Diabetes Screening in a Navajo Nation Emergency Department.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304799 and PMC identifier 6336041.
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Abstract
We developed a nontargeted diabetes screening program in a rural Indian Health Service emergency department in Shiprock, New Mexico to measure the proportion of previously undiagnosed diabetes and prediabetes, and to assess glycemic control among patients with known disease. Of 924 patients screened in the emergency department between May and July 2017, 28.8% screened positive for previously undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes; among patients with known disease, the median hemoglobin A1c was 8.2%. Of the newly identified patients, 54.9% attended follow-up.
Medical subject headings
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Emergency Service, Hospital
- Mass Screening