Electronic disease surveillance for sensitive population groups - the diabetics case study.

Abstract

Diabetics are quite susceptible to infectious diseases and can easily spread them under certain circumstances. Their blood glucose levels are increased after infection and this can cause a hyperglycemic crisis. Our study indicates that this increase results in glucosylated hemoglobin elevation, even when a diabetic is monitored closely and his/her blood glucose is under tight control. Thus, it is important to detect infections at the very early stages of disease progression in order to aid the patient. For this purpose, an electronic Disease Surveillance System could be developed to collect and analyze blood glucose data. Generally, we could extend the use of blood glucose data to the implementation of disease surveillance systems for the general population.

• Authors: Taxiarchis Botsis, Ole Hejlesen, Johan Gustav Bellika, Gunnar Hartvigsen (Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Norway. tbotsis at cs.uit.no)
• Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics (Stud Health Technol Inform) Vol. 136 Pg. 365-70 ( 2008) ISSN: 0926-9630 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 18487758 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Blood Glucose
• Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Blood Glucose (analysis)
• Denmark
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 (blood)
• Disease Progression
• Female
• Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated (analysis)
• Humans
• Male
• Medical Records Systems, Computerized
• Opportunistic Infections (blood, diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Population Surveillance
• Risk Factors