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Glucose, fasting
| Item | Value | ||||||
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| Approval req'd? | No | ||||||
| Available Stat? | Yes | ||||||
| Test code | FBS | ||||||
| Test group | Glucose | ||||||
| Performed by | Parnassus & Mt. Zion Chemistry | ||||||
| In House Availability | Test available 24 hours per day 7 days per week | ||||||
| Method | Oxygen consumption (O2 electrode with glucose oxidase) | ||||||
| Container type | Gray top | ||||||
| Amount to Collect | 1 mL blood Click here for Microdetermination info | ||||||
| Sample type | Plasma | ||||||
| Preferred volume | 0.5 mL plasma | ||||||
| Min. Volume | 0.2 mL plasma Click here for Microdetermination info | ||||||
| Units | mg/dL | ||||||
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| Synonyms | Diabetes mellitus; FBS; fasting blood sugar | ||||||
| Stability | Room temperature 8 hours, refrigerated 2 days | ||||||
| Additional information | To convert mg/dl to mmol/L (SI units) multiply by 0.0555. The stated reference ranges reflect criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus established by the American Diabetes Association (Diabetes Care, Volume 34, Supplement 1, January 2011). . All recommendations of the ADA are based upon plasma or serum levels). The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus should NOT be made until one of these abnormalities has been confirmed on a subsequent day. Impaired glucose tolerance/impaired fasting glucose implies an increased risk of future diabetes. Fasting levels < 50 mg/dL are frequently found in apparently normal individuals after 1-3 days of fasting, especially in women and children; levels as low as 20 mg/dL may be normal in prematures (Pediatrics 1990;85:834). Note that fasting whole blood glucose concentrations are approximately 12-15% lower than plasma glucose concentrations and that many point of care whole blood glucose monitors automatically convert results to plasma values. Whole blood glucose results can be manually converted to plasma values by multiplying whole blood results by 1.12, based on the assumption that the sample hematocrit is 45%. Note also that glucose concentrations in capillary blood are higher than those in venous blood. In fasting samples, the differences are small (2 to 5 mg/dL), however, in non-fasting samples, differences as high as 70 mg/dL may be observed. |
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| Medical Necessity? | Yes. Click here for more information | ||||||
| LOINC code | 1558-6 | ||||||
| Last Updated | 12/5/2012 7:32:35 PM | ||||||
| Entry Number | 425 | ||||||
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