Comparison of Patients With and Without a History of Diabetes (IMAGE)

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Comparison of Patients With and Without a History of Diabetes

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Researchers from Touro University California and Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine reviewed the medical records of 348 patients with hyperglycemia inpatients discovered at admission in a rural community teaching hospital in the Midwest. Of those patients, 50 had no known history of diabetes and 31 of them were given an HbA1C test, which measures the average blood glucose level over the previous eight to 12 weeks. Among those tested, 77 percent had results consistent with diagnoses of diabetes (58 percent) or prediabetes (19 percent). Ultimately, more than half (55 percent) of patients with no previous history of diabetes received a discharge diagnosis that included diabetes.

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<i>Journal of the American Osteopathic Association</i>

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