title: 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.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Tromsø, Norway. tbotsis@cs.uit.no
authors.forename: Taxiarchis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Botsis
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hejlesen
authors.forename: Johan Gustav
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Bellika
authors.forename: Gunnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hartvigsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003718:Denmark; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin