Diabetes

 

  1. Screen for diabetes every 3 yrs for the following:
  2. People over 45 yrs with a 1° relative with type 2 diabetes
  3. Screen for diabetes every 12 months for the following:
  4. People of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin >35 yrs
  5. People of Pacific Islander, Indian subcontinent or Chinese origin >35 yrs
  6. Consider maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) if:
  7. Early mild hyperglycaemia (<25 yrs)
  8. Non-ketotic
  9. No association with obesity
  10. Autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance
  11. Genetic testing for diabetes is not routinely available.
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