Professional paper

Early detection of diabetes mellitus in family medicine

Marija Vrca-Botica
Milica Katić
Ivana Katić-Milošević

Abstract

The incidence of diabetes mellitus today precedes epidemic dimensions. 90-95% of diabetic patients have type 2 diabetes. The disease develops slowly, and it has a long asymptomatic phase. Clinical detection comes after 5-10 years of disease duration. Due to disease complications, diabetic patients die earlier than their peers without diabetes. Positive effects of early disease detection (screening) are well known. The perfect models of screening for early diseases detection high level fasting glucose stage and the impaired glucose tolerance stage detection haven’t been found yet. Definitive answers to the following questions haven’t also been found yet – Who will conduct the screening, where and how? How to determine the risk groups? How to conduct the screening in transitional family medicine? Science and profession concur in one
thing: the family practitioner has the key role in early disease etection.

Keywords

Diabetes melitus; family practitioner; screening

Hrčak ID:

19182

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/19182

Publication date:

10.1.2008.

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