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Showing 1 to 20 of 517 for “"Blood glucose"”.
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Improving Management of Inpatient Blood Glucose
<p>Epidemiologic studies indicate blood glucose management in the hospitalized patient population is not adequate; with approximately 30% of patients reporting values >180mg/dl. Patients with increased blood glucose levels pose a higher mortality risk as well as increased risks for dehydration, …
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Mathematical modelling of blood glucose regulation
… is beneficial for all individuals; it lowers blood pressure, keeps the heart healthy and increases insulin sensitivity. Recent studies have shown the power that regular exercise has to improve metabolic health, which in turn works to prevent and to reverse the onset of the widespread epidemics …
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Intraoperative blood glucose management : a quality improvement project
… The use of an evidence-based perioperative blood glucose management protocol reduces morbidity and mortality in adult patients undergoing surgical procedures. The project team describes a cost-effective quality improvement initiative aimed at improving protocol adherence by integrating an …
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A Preoptic Neurocircuit that Regulates Blood Glucose Homeostasis
… in whole-body changes in fuel usage, from glucose to fatty acids, driven predominantly via insulin signaling defects in skeletal muscle. This metabolic shift is executed via engagement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and impairment of this process via silencing of …
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Optical fibre-based minimally-invasive blood glucose monitoring system.
… diabetes can be controlled by tightly monitoring blood glucose levels. Several methods to accomplish this have been proposed over the years. In this thesis, a thorough literature and patent review revealed that blood glucose monitors (BGMs) based on amperometry are one of the most common …
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Clinical feasibility of Raman spectroscopy for quantitative blood glucose measurement
… and mortality worldwide, and close monitoring of blood glucose levels is crucial for its diagnosis and management. Currently, blood glucose monitoring is done by blood withdrawal or through invasive access to the interstitial fluid. While Raman spectroscopy has been studied as a possible …
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Is Marital Status A Determinant Of Self-Monitoring Of Blood Glucose?
… with diabetes mellitus (DM). Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a technique used achieve glycemic control by revealing day-to-day changes in blood glucose levels. Since marriage protective effects have been shown for mortality, especially for men, it is useful to determine whether a …
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Unraveling the puzzles of spectroscopy-based non-invasive blood glucose detection
Disorders of glucose homeostasis, including types 1 and 2 diabetes, represent a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of diabetes requires direct measurement of blood glucose. Regardless of the clinical test performed, however, withdrawal of blood …
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Frontal Regulation of Blood Glucose Levels as a Function of Hostility
… response, with cardiovascular reactivity for blood pressure and heart rate. Altered right cerebral functioning, with hostility and anger, has been demonstrated within functional cerebral systems to include auditory (Demaree & Harrison, 1997), visual (Harrison & Gorelczenko, 1990; Herridge, …
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Relationships of Body Condition, Blood Glucose and Insulin Concentration of Grazing Horses
A recent study has reported that blood glucose levels and founder in horses consuming forage/concentrate mixed diets are positively correlated (Pass et al., 1998). Other studies have reported body fat and insulin resistance are also positively correlated in horses and humans (Hoffman et al., 2003; …
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Glucose monitoring measuring blood glucose using vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
… ever-increasing public health issue. Continuous glucose monitoring has been shown to help diabetes mellitus patients stabilize their glucose levels, leading to improved patient health. Hence, a glucose sensor, capable of continuous real-time monitoring, has been a topic of research for three …
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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia-Related Healthcare Utilization in Saskatchewan
Background Use of blood glucose test strips has dramatically increased over the past two decades in Saskatchewan and has emerged as a major health care expenditure. Although regular self-monitoring of blood glucose using test strips is imperative in certain patient groups, there is no strong …
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A survey of ICU professional nurses' knowledge of blood glucose physiology and blood glucose control in critically ill adult patients in a public tertiary hospital in the Western Cape Province
Blood glucose control with intravenous insulin therapy is one of the most frequently used treatment modalities to manage hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients. Almost all critically ill patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) will require blood glucose control to manage stress …
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Effects of Soybean Pectin on Blood Glucose and Insulin Responses in Healthy Men
… the effects of soy pectin on postprandial plasma glucose and insulin responses in healthy adult males␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣ intestinal microbiota to determine if differences in weight or body mass index would be linked to differences in microbiota populations. Pectin is a …
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Elevated Blood Glucose Levels in the Emergency Department: Missed Opportunity for Informing and Referring
… was to examine (1) the rates of elevated blood glucose ≥ 150 mg/dL in adults without a prior history of diabetes, receiving care for a non-diabetes related visit to the ED and (2) Emergency Department provider patterns for informing and referring discharged Emergency Department patients …
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Mathematical modelling of blood glucose for short-term diabetes therapy (using artificial neural networks)
… major global health issue. Proper control of the blood glucose level (BGL) is very important. Insulin type, dose, stress levels, diet, exercise, height to weight ratio, metabolism rate, etc. all affect the BGL. Sometimes, inconsistency in measurement of the BGL values by the patient or the …
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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: A Comparison of Diabetes Educator Instruction Versus Self-instruction
Over the past decade, self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has become an increasingly important and widely accepted part of diabetes management (American Diabetes Association, 1985; Consensus Statement on SMGB, 1987; Wing, Epstein, Nowalk, Scott & Koeske, 1985; Wysocki, 1988). It is an important …
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Effects of Grain Sorghum Muffin on Blood Glucose and Insulin Responses in Prediabetic Men
… have been widely reported for their potential on blood glucose control and diabetes prevention. A human study with prediabetic men was conducted to investigate the effects of sorghum starch on postprandial blood glucose and insulin levels. Grain sorghum and wheat (control) muffins containing 50 g …
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Social, political and economic implications of self-blood glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes management
… of diabetes is increasing. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has been recommended as part of diabetes management, irrespective of treatment, for 50 years. There is evidence that SMBG does not clinically improve glycaemic control in all patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes …
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