A 34 year old Caucasian male with symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia, blurry vision and a 40 pound weight loss over a two month period presented to an outpatient specialty clinic. This article describes the evidence-based evaluation and management by the advanced practice nurse (APN) of a patient with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus. Special emphasis is given to the criteria necessary for differentiation between type1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and other types of diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA).
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