A 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test determines your patient’s ability to adjust to and dispose of a glucose load. The test is especially helpful for detecting diabetes in the following patients:
those who show signs and symptoms of diabetes but have normal fasting blood glucose levels
those who have risk factors for diabetes but have normal […]
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To diagnose peripheral vascular disease, the physician may use Doppler ultrasonography, plethysmography, or arteriography.Doppler ultrasonography, a noninvasive test, evaluates how fast blood flows through an artery and confirms arterial occlusion. This test uses a transducer to direct high-frequency sound waves toward the artery that’s being evaluated. When the sound waves strike red blood cells (RBes) […]
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A transplant patient may feel overwhelmed at the prospect of going home. Explain to her that she will have a home care nurse who will continue her care. The home care nurse will assess blood glucose levels, daily intake and output, daily weight, diet (low protein, low sodium, no concentrated sweets), stool for occult blood, […]
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An ophthalmologist uses laser photocoagulation to seal microaneurysms so that they don’t hemorrhage; control the growth of new blood vessels, which may eventually rupture and hemorrhage; and destroy capillaries responsible for plasma and lipid leakage into the retina.Argon laser photocoagulation, the most common procedure for diabetic retinopathy, uses laser beams to destroy specific aneurysms and […]
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