Incidental findings of elevated random plasma glucose in the ED as a prompt for outpatient diabetes screening: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether random plasma glucose (RPG) collected from patients without known impaired glucose metabolism (IGM) in the emergency department (ED) is a useful screen for diabetes or prediabetes.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

ED of a Canadian teaching hospital over 1 month.

Participants

Adult patients in ED with RPG over 7 mmol/L were recruited for participation. Exclusion criteria included known diabetes, hospital admission and inability to consent. Participants were contacted by mail, encouraged to follow-up with their family physician (FP) for further testing and subsequently interviewed.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was the proportion of patients in the ED with RPG over 7 mmol/L and no previous diagnosis o

SUBMITTER: Friedman SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884805 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature