Diabetes mellitus in a Malaysian teaching hospital: prevalence of diabetes mellitus and frequency of testing for hypercholesterolaemia, proteinuria and HBA1c

• Main Authors: Ismail, I.S., Ooi, C.G., Haizee, H.N., Kando, D.V., Lua, G.W., Phillip, H., Chan, S.P., Rokiah, P., Zaini, A., Hew, F.L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10312/1/Diabetes_mellitus_in_a_Malaysian_teaching_hospital.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10312/

We examined the prevalence of diabetes among inpatients in our hospital, the relationship of the diagnoses on admission to diabetes, and the frequency of testing for HBA1c as a marker of long-term glycaemic control, proteinuria, and hypercholesterolaemia. In addition, patients with raised laboratory...