• Med. J. Aust. · Nov 2019

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Routine glucose assessment in the emergency department for detecting unrecognised diabetes: a cluster randomised trial.

    • N Wah Cheung, Lesley V Campbell, Gregory R Fulcher, Patrick McElduff, Barbara Depczynski, Shamasunder Acharya, John Carter, Bernard Champion, Roger Chen, David Chipps, Jeff Flack, Jen Kinsella, Margaret Layton, Mark McLean, Robert G Moses, Kris Park, Ann M Poynten, Carol Pollock, Debbie Scadden, Katherine T Tonks, Mary Webber, Chris White, Vincent Wong, and Sandy Middleton.
    • Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
    • Med. J. Aust. 2019 Nov 1; 211 (10): 454-459.

    ObjectiveTo determine whether routine blood glucose assessment of patients admitted to hospital from emergency departments (EDs) results in higher rates of new diagnoses of diabetes and documentation of follow-up plans.Design, SettingCluster randomised trial in 18 New South Wales public district and tertiary hospitals, 31 May 2011 - 31 December 2012; outcomes follow-up to 31 March 2016.ParticipantsPatients aged 18 years or more admitted to hospital from EDs.InterventionRoutine blood glucose assessment at control and intervention hospitals; automatic requests for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c ) assessment and notification of diabetes services about patients at intervention hospitals with blood glucose levels of 14 mmol/L or more.Main Outcome MeasureNew diagnoses of diabetes and documented follow-up plans for patients with admission blood glucose levels of 14 mmol/L or more.ResultsBlood glucose was measured in 133 837 patients admitted to hospital from an ED. The numbers of new diabetes diagnoses with documented follow-up plans for patients with blood glucose levels of 14 mmol/L or more were similar in intervention (83/506 patients, 16%) and control hospitals (73/278, 26%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.83; 95% CI 0.42-1.7; P = 0.61), as were new diabetes diagnoses with or without plans (intervention, 157/506, 31%; control, 86/278, 31%; aOR, 1.51; 95% CI, 0.83-2.80; P = 0.18). 30-day re-admission (31% v 22%; aOR, 1.34; 95% CI, 0.86-2.09; P = 0.21) and post-hospital mortality rates (24% v 22%; aOR, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.74-1.55; P = 0.72) were also similar for patients in intervention and control hospitals.ConclusionGlucose and HbA1c screening of patients admitted to hospital from EDs does not alone increase detection of previously unidentified diabetes. Adequate resourcing and effective management pathways for patients with newly detected hyperglycaemia and diabetes are needed.Trial RegistrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12611001007921.© 2019 AMPCo Pty Ltd.

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