Pilot study of random finger prick glucose testing as a screening tool for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 732-733

  Hewat, N ^a   Taylor, D McD ^a   MacDonald, E ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYDIPSIA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349307478     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.067041     Document Type: Article

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