Abid Ayesha, Ahmad Shahla, Waheed Abdul
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
Clin Med Insights Endocrinol Diabetes. 2016 Jun 13;9:19-22. doi: 10.4137/CMED.S38247. eCollection 2016.
The number of individuals being diagnosed with type II diabetes in the United States is increasing. The screening tests for diabetes are able to detect the vast majority of diabetics. However, they do not represent the high-risk individuals who may be prone to diabetes at an earlier age. This brief communication looks at the current screening practices and the gaps in the guidelines.
在美国,被诊断出患有II型糖尿病的人数正在增加。糖尿病筛查测试能够检测出绝大多数糖尿病患者。然而,这些测试并未涵盖那些可能在较早年龄就易患糖尿病的高危人群。本简短通讯探讨了当前的筛查做法以及指南中的差距。