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Thread: Diabetes Screening?

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11-02-2006, 11:37 AM

JasonSmithMT JasonSmithMT is offline

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Recommendations for routine diabetes screening varies but most call for routine fasting blood glucose levels once every 3 years after the age of 45. People who are at high-risk the recommendation is yearly screening. The last AACE recommendation I remember seeing says screening should begin at the age of 30 for high-risk groups.

Of course any time diabetes is suspected in a previous undiagnosed person a glucose level should be performed as part of the work up.

Jason