What are the methods for screening for type 2 diabetes in the emergency department?
Screening for type 2 diabetes in the emergency department can be done using random finger-prick glucose tests and bedside HbA1c, according to Jelinek et al. (2010). Other methods include risk stratification to increase the predictive validity of HbA1c (Ginde et al., 2008) and using the American College of Emergency Physicians clinical policy on hypertension (Lehrmann et al., 2007). Treatment of hypertension in the emergency department can also be used as a method of screening (Baumann et al., 2011). 