OBJECTIVE To investigate which clinical guidelines primary health care staff refer to regarding asthma, diabetes, and hypertension, the number of existing guidelines, and the organizational level at which they were drawn up, and whether there are different guidelines for the same disease, either in different primary health care centres or within individual centres. DESIGN The study is descrip...

BACKGROUND Clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes are a resource for providers to manage their patients and may help highlight specific areas in need of further education and training. We sought to determine how often guidelines are used and the relationship to physicians' diabetes-related knowledge and decision making. METHODS Existing users of electronic clinical support tools were invited...

We determined rates of achieving the American Diabetes Association goals among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected diabetic patients. American Diabetes Association goals (for hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and lipid levels) were defined by 2008 American Diabetes Association guidelines. HIV-infected diabetic patients achieved American Diabetes Association goals at rates similar to those...

P atients with schizophrenia have increased rates of type 2 diabetes (1). Recent attention has focused on the contribution of second-generation antipsychotic medications to the risk of diabetes. It is equally important, however, to examine whether patients with schizophrenia are susceptible to type 2 diabetes independent of antipsychotic treatment. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Manag...

AIM To examine in-patient diabetes services in all UK acute hospitals. METHODS We asked the diabetes specialist team in all UK acute hospitals to complete a structured questionnaire on in-patient diabetes management guidelines, in-patient referral patterns, diabetes in-patient specialist nurse (DISN) services and diabetes bed occupancy in their hospital. RESULTS Of the 262 UK acute hospital...