Advancing Diagnostic Precision in Type 1 Diabetes
July 23rd 2025Panelists discuss how autoantibody testing has high diagnostic accuracy with nearly 100% conversion to hyperglycemia when two or more antibodies are present, though timing of testing is crucial and retesting may be necessary since antibody levels can fluctuate over time.
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Study Limitations, Clinical Relevance and Diagnostic Implications
July 16th 2025Panelists discuss how to improve diagnostic accuracy through increased awareness and education among healthcare providers, simplifying antibody testing processes and identifying high-risk patients who should be screened for type 1 diabetes, including those with family history or other autoimmune conditions.
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Baseline Differences and Utilization Patterns in T1D Cohorts
July 9th 2025Panelists discuss how patients with prior type 2 diabetes misdiagnosis showed significantly higher healthcare utilization rates across all categories (inpatient admissions, emergency visits, outpatient visits, lab procedures, and medications) compared to those correctly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes from the beginning.
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Study Insights: Exploring Healthcare Utilization in T1D
July 2nd 2025Panelists discuss how their study compared healthcare resource utilization between newly diagnosed patients with type 1 diabetes with and without prior type 2 diabetes misdiagnosis, using a retrospective claims database analysis to examine utilization patterns across different healthcare services.
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Diagnosing Type 1 Diabetes: Clinical Challenges and Consequences
June 25th 2025Panelists discuss how type 1 diabetes is diagnosed using autoantibody testing and the challenges clinicians face, including the common misdiagnosis of adults with type 1 diabetes as having type 2 diabetes due to age bias and the misconception that type 1 diabetes only occurs in childhood.
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