Measurement of Blood Glucose

Measurement of Glucose in Blood Serum

Glucose is the most important carbohydrate fuel in the body. In the fed state, the majority of circulating glucose comes from the diet and in the fasting state, gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis maintain glucose concentrations. The blood glucose levels are perfectly maintained under the influence of hormones like insulin and glucagon. However, the hormonal imbalance sometimes may result in abn...

Principles and problems of blood glucose measurement

Grid-Enabled Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Measurement

Earth and life sciences are at the forefront to successfully include computational simulations and modeling. Medical applications are often mentioned as the killer applications for the Grid. The complex methodology and models of Traditional Chinese Medicine offer different approaches to diagnose and treat a persons health condition than typical Western medicine. A possibility to make this often...

Parameters affecting postprandial blood glucose: effects of blood glucose measurement errors.

BACKGROUND The Diabetes Error Test Model (DETM) has been developed to characterize the clinical relevance of the large and varying margins of error of parameters affecting postprandial blood glucose (BG) levels, which increase the risk for hypo- or hyperglycemia. METHODS The DETM is based on a treatment concept aimed at normoglycemia after meals. The model includes as parameters (a) preprandi...

Factors affecting blood glucose monitoring: sources of errors in measurement.

Glucose monitoring has become an integral part of diabetes care but has some limitations in accuracy. Accuracy may be limited due to strip manufacturing variances, strip storage, and aging. They may also be due to limitations on the environment such as temperature or altitude or to patient factors such as improper coding, incorrect hand washing, altered hematocrit, or naturally occurring interf...