Draft resolution of the expert council of the сhief specialists of the North-West Federal District on the identification of prediabetes and the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus and related diseases of cardiovascular system, liver, musculoskeletal system

Considering high prevalence of prediabetes, exceeding the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, clear algorithms for identifying and managing patients with this pathology is the most important task for doctors of various specialties — therapeutists, cardiologists, general practitioners. The preventive measures are more efficient when started at the stage of prediabetes rather than when type 2 diabetes mellitus has been developed. They help to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, its micro- and macrovascular complications, cardiovascular diseases, pathology of muscular-skeletal system and liver. All these measures should be implemented at the stage of primary health care. The resolution presents an algorithm of verifying and management of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus.