Search results for "Screening"
MKSAP quiz: Screening recommendations
This month's quiz asks readers to choose a screening test for a 46-year-old man with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and depression.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/08/4.htm
8 Dec 2023
Portable point-of-care screening may help improve diabetic retinopathy diagnosis
An Australian study found that 39.6% of patients at high-risk diabetes clinics had diabetic retinopathy and 15.8% had vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy, previously undiagnosed in 59.3% and 62.8%, respectively.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/08/3.htm
8 Sep 2023
Annual screening for albuminuria may not be necessary in all patients with type 1 diabetes
A recent study found that personalizing the timing of testing based on patients' albumin excretion rate and HbA1c level could reduce time with undetected kidney disease as well as testing frequency.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/11/2.htm
11 Nov 2022
MKSAP quiz: Screening during pregnancy
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 28-year-old woman following a positive pregnancy test. She has polycystic ovary syndrome, and her mother has diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/09/4.htm
9 Dec 2022
HbA1c-based screening of general population reduced time to diabetes diagnosis
In a British database, 1% of participants ages 40 to 70 years had undiagnosed diabetes. Researchers estimated that population-based screening using HbA1c level could have reduced the time to diagnosis in this group by a median of 2.2 years.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2022
No differences seen in outcomes with one-step vs. two-step gestational diabetes screening
The one-step screening process, which used a two-hour fasting glucose tolerance test, found more cases of gestational diabetes in a randomized trial, but perinatal and maternal complications did not differ.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/12/2.htm
12 Mar 2021
USPSTF lowers age for starting diabetes screening from 40 to 35 years
Primary care clinicians should screen all overweight or obese adults ages 35 to 70 years for diabetes and prediabetes and should offer interventions for those with either condition, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently recommended.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/10/6.htm
10 Sep 2021
MKSAP quiz: Diabetes screening
This month's quiz asks readers to evaluate a 40-year-old man who is healthy and asymptomatic but has some risk factors for diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/10/4.htm
10 Jul 2020
Tailoring diabetes screening by race, ethnicity may lead to earlier diagnosis
Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to determine the body mass index and age thresholds for diabetes screening in major racial/ethnic minority populations.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/13/8.htm
13 May 2022
Task Force draft recommendation supports earlier diabetes screening
The draft recommendation calls for screening patients ages 35 to 70 years who are overweight or obese. It is open for public comment through Monday, April 12.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/09/1.htm
9 Apr 2021