24 Jan Early Detection of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and its Importance
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A newly published article critically appraises research and clinical methods for the diagnosis or screening of early DPN. In brief, functional measures are subjective and are difficult to implement due to technical complexity. Moreover, skin biopsy is invasive, expensive and lacks diagnostic laboratory capacity. Indeed, point-of-care nerve conduction tests are convenient and easy to implement however questions are raised regarding their suitability for use in screening due to the lack of small nerve fibre evaluation. The signs and symptoms of DPN are insidious and current screening programmes rely on subjective tests...