Prevalence of obesity and unrecognised glucose intolerance in a UK day-case surgery unit: Observational study

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 408-412

  Pratap, J Nick ^a   Clements, Elizabeth ^b   Levy, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication, obesity; Diabetes; Glucose, blood; Surgery, day case

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845901307     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: 1528252X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1027     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Rennie KL, Jebb SA. Prevalence of obesity in Great Britain. Obesity Rev 2005; 6: 11-12.
2. Adams JP, Murphy PG. Obesity in anaesthesia and intensive care. Br J Anaesth 2000; 85: 91-108.
3. Nielsen KC, Guller U, Steele SM, et al. Influence of obesity on surgical regional anesthesia in the ambulatory setting: an analysis of 9,038 blocks. Anesthesiology 2005; 102: 181-187.
4. Fried GM, Barkun JS, Sigman HH, et al. Factors determining conversion to laparotomy in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg 1994; 167: 35-39.
5. Edelman D, Edwards LJ, Olsen MK, et al. Screening for diabetes in an out-patient clinic population. J Gen Intern Med 2002; 17: 23-28.
6. Office for National Statistics. Census 2001: Statistics about E11l INR http://neighbourhood.statisdcs.gov.uk/ areaprofileframes.asp?T=A&AID=176464&TID=1&PC=e11%201nr [accessed 22 Jan 2005].
7. Department of Health. Health Survey for England 2003. Table 6.10. http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/ PublicationsStatistics/PublicationsStatisticsArticle/fs/ en?CONTENT_ID=4098712&chk=F4kphd [accessed 22 Jan 2005].
8. The DCCT Research Group. Feasibility of centralized measurements of glycated hemoglobin in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial: a multicenter study. Clin Chem 1987; 33: 2267-2271.
9. Peters AL, Davidson MB, Schriger DL, et al. A clinical approach for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. JAMA 1996; 276: 1246-1252.
10. Khaw KT, Wareham N, Luben R, et al. Glycated haemoglobin, diabetes, and mortality in men in Norfolk cohort of European Prospective Investigation of Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Norfolk). BMJ 2001; 322: 15-18.
11. 1c in predicting diabetes risk. J Gen Intern Med 2004; 19: 1175-1180.
12. WHO. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications: report of a WHO consultation. Part 1: Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Geneva: WHO, Department of Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance, 1999 (WHO/NCD/NCS/99.2).
13. Davies KE, Houghton K, Montgomery JE. Obesity and day-case surgery. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 1112-1125.
14. Wareham NJ, Griffin SJ. Should we screen for type 2 diabetes? Evaluation against National Screening Committee criteria. BMJ 2001; 322: 986-988.
15. McAnulty GF, Robertshaw HJ, Hall GM. Anaesthetic management of patients with diabetes mellitus. Br J Anaesth 2000; 85: 80-90.
16. UK Prospective Diabetes Study 6. Complications in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients and their association with different clinical and biochemical risk factors. Diabetes Res 1990; 13: 1-11.