Nueva guía sobre diagnóstico y despistaje de diabetes

Ha aparecido una nueva guía sobre diagnóstico y despsitaje en diabetes publicada en la revista American Family Physician y de la que os proporciono la referencia.

Diabetes mellitus: diagnosis and screening.Patel P, Macerollo A.

Am Fam Physician. 2010 Apr 1;81(7):863-70.PMID: 20353144 [PubMed - in process]

Y como es importante practicar el inglés, estos son los puntos claves(muy facilitos de entender):

* Diabetes screening should be performed for patients with a sustained blood pressure higher than 135/80 mm Hg (level of evidence, A).
* Diabetes screening should be performed for patients with hypertension or hyperlipidemia (level of evidence, B).
* Risk calculators can be used to identify patients who do not need further screening for diabetes (level of evidence, C).
* Diabetes can be diagnosed when the HbA1c value is greater than 6.5% on 2 separate occasions (level of evidence, C).
* For patients at increased risk for diabetes, counseling is recommended regarding effective strategies to reduce risk, including weight loss and exercise (level of evidence, C).