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The lab where you work does blood glucose tests to monitor pregnant women at risk of developing gestational diabetes. What items of medical history identify those women at special risk? |
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One of your jobs in the physician's office where you work is to give patients instructions in how to prepare for lab tests. What instructions would you give to Ms. Talbot, who is going to have a fasting blood sugar test performed tomorrow morning? |
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What instructions would you give to Mr. Chen, who is going to have a glucose tolerance test in 3 days? |
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Today, in the POL where you work, a patient's glucose concentration remained above 200 mg/dL at the end of the second hour of his glucose tolerance test. How would you interpret this result? |
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The reagent strips that you use with the glucose meter in the POL where you work have turned a dark color. What should you do? |
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A new patient with type 1 diabetes needs instructions in home monitoring of blood glucose levels. The doctor has asked you to explain to the patient how to keep a permanent log of blood glucose testing. What information should you tell the new patient to record in the log? |
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