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blood sugar [′bləd ‚shu̇g·ər] (biochemistry) The carbohydrate, principally glucose, of the blood. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Often the blood glucose test provides the most accessible piece of information available to the nursing staff, who is required to make potentially lifesaving decisions based on a number that appears in the display window of a small machine. The availability of point-of-care and microsampling techniques to detect "low" blood glucose levels and an increasingly litigious society have resulted in a definition for hypoglycaemia that is considerably higher than that proposed by Hartmann and Jaudon in 1937. veterans suggested that people with type 2 diabetes have the greatest difficulty maintaining healthy concentrations of blood glucose in March and April, Doro's team notes. |
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