In-hospital screening for diabetes mellitus with HbA1c in an internal medicine department was not useful; a prospective pilot study

Abstract

Background. Screening inpatients for diabetes mellitus may be a good opportunity to detect undiagnosed cases and several studies have demonstrated the feasibility and usefulness of this practice. HbA1c has been suggested as the method of choice due to the effects of acute illness on glucose. The aim of this study was to evaluate a screening protocol based on HbA1c to identify inpatients with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in an internal medicine department.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• screening
• inpatients
• glycated hemoglobin a
• glucose