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July 2019
Preanalytic error in plasma/serum glucose measurement examined
Accurate estimation of in vivo blood glucose concentration is potentially compromised by in vitro glycolysis, the temperature- and time-dependent enzymatic metabolism of glucose by blood cells after blood is removed from the body.
For more than 40 years it was recommended that in order to avoid the potential problem ...
Preanalytical phase
Process optimization
Glucose
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November 2018
Rare cause of hypoglycemia highlighted in case study report
Blood glucose concentration is normally maintained within the approximate reference range of 3.5-8.5 mmol/L (63-153 mg/dL) largely by the synergistic opposing action of two pancreatic hormones: insulin and glucagon. Insulin secretion, induced by rising blood glucose concentration, causes it to fall; whilst glucagon...
Glucose
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November 2017
Reduced glucose (hypoglycemia) in neonates – a review article
Reduced blood glucose (hypoglycemia) is common during the hours and days following birth. This so-called neonatal hypoglycemia may be transitory and asymptomatic but can result in a range of acute symptoms. If sufficiently prolonged, the condition is associated with risk of irreversible neurological (brain) damage....
Glucose
Neonatology
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June 2017
Blood glucose control in critically ill children
The physiological stress response to critical illness and trauma determines that transiently raised blood glucose (hyperglycemia) is common among those admitted to intensive care, irrespective of their diabetes status. Much research has been directed at establishing whether or not intensive insulin therapy aimed at...
Neonatology
Point-of-care testing
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May 2016
Blood glucose concentration among premature babies
The importance of monitoring blood glucose concentration of premature babies in the hours and days following birth is highlighted by this recently published clinical study.
Although it is well established that prematurity is associated with increased risk of both hyperglycemia (increased blood glucose) and...
Glucose
Neonatology
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October 2015
Hyperglycemia in critical illness – a controversy revisited
It is rare indeed for change in medical practice to be based on the evidence of a single clinical study. But that is exactly what happened in 2001 following publication of a study conducted at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Leuven, Belgium.
Results of the now celebrated Leuven study indicated that...
Glucose
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April 2015
Previously unrecognized cause of hypoglycemia – a case history
Blood glucose concentration is normally maintained within the approximate range of 3.5-8.5 mmol/L (63-153 mg/dL) largely by the synergistic opposing action of two pancreatic hormones: insulin and glucagon. Insulin secretion causes decrease in blood glucose concentration and glucagon secretion causes increase in blood...
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January 2015
A review of electrolyte disorders in diabetes
Discussion of electrolyte disorders associated with diabetes is most usually confined to the abnormality of plasma/serum sodium and potassium concentrations that occur in the two acute, life-threatening, conditions of decompensated diabetes: diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma (HNKC).
As a...
Electrolytes
Glucose