Category: Diabetes

Test Details Synonyms Postprandial Sugar PP Glucose, Two-hour (After Meal) Test Includes Glucose level two hours after meal or glucose drink Use Only a minority of patients with diabetes mellitus have the classic symptoms of polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia, and weight loss. The two-hour

Test Details Synonyms Blood Sugar Fasting Blood Sugar Random Blood Glucose Use Diagnose diabetes mellitus; evaluate disorders of carbohydrate metabolism including alcoholism; evaluate acidosis and ketoacidosis; evaluate dehydration, coma, hypoglycemia of insulinoma, neuroglycopenia. A fasting

Test Details Synonyms Blood Sugar Use Diagnose diabetes mellitus; evaluate disorders of carbohydrate metabolism including alcoholism; evaluate acidosis and ketoacidosis; evaluate dehydration, coma, hypoglycemia of insulinoma, neuroglycopenia. A fasting glucose ≥125 mg/dL on more than one occasion

Test Details Synonyms Glycated Hemoglobin Hgb A1c Use Hemoglobin A1c values are used to assess glucose control in diabetes, and in 2010 the American Diabetes Associations affirmed the decision of an international expert committee recommendation to use the A1c test to diagnose diabetes with a

Test Details Synonyms Immunoreactive Insulin. Additional Information Insulin is a peptide hormone with a molecular weight of approximately 6000 daltons. Serum insulin determinations may be performed on patients with symptoms of hypoglycemia4,5 where insulinoma is a possible etiology. Patterns of