HBA1C vs RBS/FBS

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Infection Control.

Good day fellow nurses.

I am wondering if doctors still order random blood sugar or fasting blood sugar for suspected diabetic patients. Younger docs in our institution usually order HBA1C (glycosylated hemoglobin) if they suspect that a patient is diabetic. Just wondering if older docs are just not updated to new trends or there is a reason why they still order FBS or RBS.

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Specializes in CTICU.
http://www.theheart.org/article/1041287.do
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Specializes in CTICU.

Opps, double posted.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Infection Control.

Requires membership... >_

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Infection Control.

Seen it now! :) I saw a similar article at Medscape about new guidelines for diagnosis diabetes. Docs just keep on ordering fbs/rbs. :(

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