Prevalence of admission plasma glucose in 'diabetes' or 'at risk' ranges in hospital emergencies with no prior diagnosis of diabetes by gender, age and ethnicity.
Sandip GhoshSusan E ManleyPeter G NightingaleJohn A WilliamsRadhika SusarlaIrene Alonso-PerezIrene M StrattonGeorgios V GkoutosJonathan WebberStephen D LuzioWasim HanifGraham A RobertsPublished in: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism (2020)
Hyperglycaemia was evident in 21% of adults admitted as an emergency; various aspects related to follow-up and initial testing, age and ethnicity need to be considered by professional bodies addressing undiagnosed diabetes in hospital admissions.