9 It should be accepted that some patients may not want to know the results but it must be
remembered that consent is an ongoing process and a patient who declines to receive the …

Dear Sir, In a recent publication in your journal [1] De Boer and colleagues reported on
elevated levels of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1) in patients with chronic renal failure …

Diabetes specialists almost uniformly nod their heads when I ask whether they see patients
whose A1C results don't match their blood glucose monitoring data. Providers used to …

This is a comment on" Introduction of IFCC reference method for calibration of HbA:
implications for clinical care." Diabet Med. 2004 Jul; 21 (7): 673-6. This is a comment on" …

To the Editor: We read with great interest the study by Teo et al on the effectiveness of
continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in maintaining glycaemic control among people with …

While the world struggles to provide care for increasing numbers of persons with diabetes,
there is ongoing discussion behind the doors of an international committee about the name …

There are real concerns about the accuracy of blood glucose measurements. The test needs
to be performed promptly after collection since glucose will decrease up to 10mg/dL per …

Good control of blood glucose concentration in insulin-dependent diabetics leads to fewer
complications. 1 Monitoring of glucose control is therefore central to the management of …

Dear Sir, The exceedingly high values for glycated albumin (normal, 20.2 _+ 1.6%, diabetic,
39.6 _+ 5.4%) reported with the high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay …

Dear Sir, De Boer et al.[1] reported that levels of glycosylated haemoglobin [HbA1] were
elevated in patients with renal failure. On the other hand, Dandona et al.[2] reported that …