- Article
Preoperative Glycosylated Haemoglobin Screening to Identify Older Adult Patients with Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus—A Retrospective Cohort Study
- Robert van Wilpe,
- Mark L. van Zuylen,
- Jeroen Hermanides,
- J. Hans DeVries,
- Benedikt Preckel and
- Abraham H. Hulst
More than 25% of older adults in Europe have diabetes mellitus. It is estimated that 45% of patients with diabetes are currently undiagnosed, which is a known risk factor for perioperative morbidity. We investigated whether routine HbA1c screening in...

