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ArticleInternational journal of emergency medicine2016

Point-of-care capillary HbA1c measurement in the emergency department: a useful tool to detect unrecognized and uncontrolled diabetes.

Fernando Gomez-Peralta, Cristina Abreu, Leonor Andreu-Urioste, Ana Cristina Antolí, Carmen Rico-Fontsaré, David Martín-Fernández, Rosa Resina-Rufes, Juan Jesús Pérez-García, Ángela Negrete-Muñoz, Daniel Muñoz-Álvarez and 1 more

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Article in International journal of emergency medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Developing a Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan-2022 Update.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022
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  4. How Can Point-of-Care Technologies Support In-Hospital Diabetes Care?Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Fernando Gomez-PeraltaEndocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital General de Segovia, c/ Miguel Servet S.N., 40003, Segovia, Spain. fgomezperalta@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-0091
Cristina AbreuEndocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital General de Segovia, c/ Miguel Servet S.N., 40003, Segovia, Spain. cabreupadin@gmail.com.
Leonor Andreu-UriosteDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. la_leoncia@hotmail.com.
Ana Cristina AntolíDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. acantoliroyo2002@yahoo.es.
Carmen Rico-FontsaréEmergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. mamenrico@hotmail.com.
David Martín-FernándezEmergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. campeon.david@gmail.com.
Rosa Resina-RufesEmergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. rosaresinarufes@gmail.com.
Juan Jesús Pérez-GarcíaEmergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. juanjesus13@yahoo.es.
Ángela Negrete-MuñozEmergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. angelanm16@hotmail.com.
Daniel Muñoz-ÁlvarezEmergency Department, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, C/ Avda. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 05004, Ávila, Spain. dondani60@gmail.com.
Guillermo E UmpierrezGeneral Clinical Research Center, Emory University, 49 Jesse Hill Jr. Dr., Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA. geumpie@emory.edu.
Hospital Universitario Rey Juan Carlos · ESHospital General De Segovia · ESHospital Nuestra Señora de Alarcos · ESEmory University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInpatient hyperglycaemia and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common and are associated with an increased risk of complications and mortality. The severity of hyperglycaemia determines the rate of complications in patients treated in the emergency department (ED). Our aim was to examine whether determination of the capillary haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a reliable method for detecting unknown diabetes and poor glycaemic control in the ED.

methodsA prospective observational study was conducted in adult (>18 years) patients treated in a single-centre ED. We compared the results of HbA1c levels measured by Bio-Rad in2it point-of-care device on a capillary blood sample and by the hospital laboratory.

resultsA total of 187 ED patients with an average age of 57.1 ± 19.2 years were studied. The mean HbA1c value was 5.78 ± 1.26 % by capillary POC testing and 6.10 ± 1.12 % by the hospital laboratory (correlation = 0.712, P < 0.001). A total of 17.1 % of cases had a prior diagnosis of DM. The diagnosis of DM (plasma glucose > 126 mg/dL and/or HbA1c > 6.5 %) was made in ten (5.4 %) additional cases (prior undiagnosed DM) for a total prior DM prevalence of 22.5 % (95 % CI 16.4-28.5 %). Capillary HbA1c detected 11 additional cases of unknown DM (5.9 %). A capillary HbA1c value greater than 6 % has a sensitivity of 85.7 % and specificity of 85.3 % for the screening of DM.

conclusionsDetermination of the capillary HbA1c in the ED is a reliable, fast, and simple system for the screening of unknown or uncontrolled DM.

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DiabetesEmergency medicinePoint-of-care HbA1cPublic healthScreening

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PMID26894895
PMCPMC4760960
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