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    The blood sugar level, blood sugar concentration, blood glucose level, or glycemia is the measure of glucose concentrated in the blood. The body tightly...
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    fasting glucose, whereas the ADA lowered the upper limit of normal to a fasting plasma glucose under 100 mg/dL. WHO criteria: fasting plasma glucose level from...
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    even if both plasma glucose and insulin levels were already low, causing a plasma glucose level eventually much lower than the baseline level. Sugar crashes...
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    criteria: fasting plasma glucose level from 5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dL) to 6.9 mmol/L (125 mg/dL). The guidelines for preventing impaired fasting glucose are the same...
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    Venezuela, and Yemen. Glucose vs. plasma glucose: Glucose levels in plasma (one of the components of blood) are higher than glucose measurements in whole...
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    mother and baby if gestational diabetes remains untreated. When a plasma glucose level is found to be higher than 126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) after fasting,...
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    regulation is the process by which the levels of blood sugar, the common name for glucose dissolved in blood plasma, are maintained by the body within a...
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    fasting glucose levels from 6.1 to 6.9 mmol/L (110 to 125 mg/dL) are considered to have impaired fasting glucose. People with plasma glucose at or above 7...
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  • are symptoms of hypoglycaemia, low blood plasma glucose concentration, and relief of symptoms when plasma glucose concentration is increased. It was first...
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  • These last four values are averaged to determine the steady-state plasma glucose level (SSPG). Subjects with an SSPG greater than 150 mg/dL are considered...
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  • claimed to be an essential element involved in the regulation of blood glucose levels within the body. More recent reviews have questioned this, however....
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    following: Plasma glucose level, not point-of-care measurement Insulin level C-peptide level Proinsulin level Beta-hydroxybutyrate level Oral hypoglycemic...
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    Glucose at normal plasma levels is completely reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. The mechanism for this is the Na+/glucose cotransporter. A plasma level...
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  • Diabetes Association recommends a postprandial glucose level under 180 mg/dl and a preprandial plasma glucose between 70 and 130 mg/dl. Other uses of postprandial...
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    condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. This is generally a blood sugar level higher than 11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL)...
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  • [anions] To calculate plasma osmolality use the following equation (typical in the US): = 2[Na+ ] + [Glucose]/18 + [ BUN ]/2.8 where [Glucose] and [BUN] are...
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    human glucose homeostasis". Diabetes Care. 24 (2): 382–391. doi:10.2337/diacare.24.2.382. PMID 11213896. Sect. 7, Ch. 4: Measurement of Renal Plasma Flow;...
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    intake, a glucose level below 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL) is normal, whereas higher levels indicate hyperglycemia. Blood plasma glucose between 7.8 mmol/L...
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    Glucose transporters are a wide group of membrane proteins that facilitate the transport of glucose across the plasma membrane, a process known as facilitated...
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  • meaning a normal blood sugar level is maintained.[citation needed] Hyperglycemic clamp technique: The plasma glucose concentration is acutely raised...
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    interstitial fluid glucose level to blood glucose level. Measurements may occur after fasting or at random nonfasting intervals (random glucose tests), each...
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  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Acetohexamide A pill taken to lower the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. People with Type 2 diabetes may take these pills...
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    Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula C6H12O6. Glucose is overall the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates. Glucose is...
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  • three months. Normal levels of glucose produce a normal amount of glycated hemoglobin. As the average amount of plasma glucose increases, the fraction...
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  • of glucose tests exist and they can be used to estimate blood sugar levels at a given time or, over a longer period of time, to obtain average levels or...
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  • SSPG may refer to: Steady-state plasma glucose level, a measure to evaluate if subjects under a modified insulin suppression test are considered to be...
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    Diabetic hypoglycemia is a low blood glucose level occurring in a person with diabetes mellitus. It is one of the most common types of hypoglycemia seen...
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  • the American Diabetes Association, diagnostic features include: Plasma glucose level >30 mmol/L (>600 mg/dL) Serum osmolality >320 mOsm/kg Profound dehydration...
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  • before the blood sugar level rises, lowering the blood sugar level in anticipation of a large influx into the blood of glucose resulting from the digestion...
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  • Gibbons L., Mitchell T., Kampert J., Stern M., Blair S., “Low fasting plasma glucose level as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality...
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