Nontargeted Diabetes Screening in a Navajo Nation Emergency Department

• Autores: Erik S. Anderson, Daniel A. Dworkis, Triveni DeFries, Eleanor Emery, Chandima Deegala, Kimberly Mohs
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 109, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 270-272
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.