Glucose In Serum

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Reference-interval 3 Principle 4 Increases 5 Decreases 6 Specimen 7 More General Terms 8 Additional Terms 9 References

More Specific Terms

• glucose in serum/plasma 1 hour post 50g glucose (gestational diabetes screen)

Reference-interval

• Male & Female: 74 - 106 mg/dL ( serum)

Principle

• see glucose in serum/urine/ CSF

Increases

• see hyperglycemia

Decreases

• see hypoglycemia

Specimen

• No special patient preparation is required.
  
• Collect the specimen by standard venipuncture technique. Remove serum promptly from the clot to avoid metabolism of glucose by the cells (approximately 7% per hour at room temperature). A maximum of 30 minutes between drawing & separation from the clot is recommended.
  
• Minimum sample required is 0.5 milliliter with an optimum size of 1.0 milliliter or larger.

More General Terms

• glucose in body fluid

Additional Terms

• capillary blood glucose (sugar)
• glucose (dextrose, D-glucose)
• glucose in CSF
• glucose in urine
• glycemic control
• hyperglycemia
• hypoglycemia

References

1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 11.

glucose in serum/plasma