Monitoring the Glucose Level of Diabetic Patients

When teaching the patient, timing is crucial. I plan about 30 minutes for this teaching lesson because it allows more time for patient to learn new the information. First, I will demonstrate how the machine works and how to apply blood on the test strip while I maintained aseptic technique. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) by persons with diabetes is an integral part of intensive glycemic treatment and is widely believed to improve the control of blood glucose levels and health outcomes. For some meter machine, the accuracy can be affected by interfering substances (medication), temperature, hematocrit level, and user technique. In addition, the accuracy of blood glucose meters

Since the release of the GlucoGauge device, we have been made aware of customers and physicians complaints due to the inaccurate reading from the GlucoGauge device. Therefore, the Matterhorn Health team conducted an intensive internal investigation to try to find out what was causing the problem on the inaccurate readings, and based on our findings and feedback from hospitals and physicians, we have

Patients are usually given a blood test to show if diabetes is present, the test may be given because of questionable symptoms one has had or from genetic history. If after testing hemoglobin levels in your blood, and diagnosed with diabetes, insulin will then be a part of a patients’ daily routine (Insel, Deecher, & Brewer, 2012).Tests are taken to determine whether or not hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia is present. When this is discovered, the tests become more frequent. A variety of tests are done in order to keep one in good health. If diagnosed in time, and with proper care, many complications can be prevented. JDRF will be supporting

From the graph, it can be concluded that student 4 is diabetic. After the administration of a standard dose of glucose, this student seems to have a very similar plasma glucose concentration (PGC) to that of a diabetic from the population average glucose tolerance test. After 30 minutes, the plasma glucose concentration of student 4 seems to be higher than that of a diabetic, as it’s 14.2mmol/l, however it slowly decreases overtime but remains relatively high at 120 minutes.

This helps you and your doctors customize your medication needs, exercise program and daily eating requirements to keep your blood sugar in check. Using a home blood glucose monitoring kit can also let you know if you are experiencing hypoglycemia so you can treat the problem right away. Monitoring your blood sugar each day can show how certain foods, exercise and other activities are affecting your blood sugar levels. Additionally, when you are sick or have a drastic schedule change, a home blood glucose monitoring kit can show when adjustments to your medication might need to be made. Report any extreme highs or lows to your doctor to find out if changes should be made to your treatment

Results: According to Table 7.1 for the non-diabetic blood glucose sample measured in tube one .012, tube two .138, tube three 38, tube four .15 and tube five .06. For the diabetic blood glucose sample measured in tube one .16, tube two .71, tube three 1.5, tube four 1.05 and tube five .69.

Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to control the amount of glucose in the blood stream, because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin hormone. For those who have diabetes, the complex system that regulates blood glucose fails. Glucose cannot enter the body’s cells, and therefore cannot be utilised for energy. “Around 1.7 million Australians have diabetes” (Diabetes Australia, 2015), which is undoubtedly a huge cost burden to the Australian healthcare system. There are different types of Diabetes which ultimately cause glucose to accumulate in the bloodstream to a level which can become harmful to health. At this stage there is no cure for diabetes, although there are factors that influence the condition, such as the environment, genes and lifestyle. In the past efforts to monitor blood glucose levels have proven both invasive and painful. However new technological research in the form of the smart lens may provide improved care and management for those with diabetes in the future.

Diabetes is a very common chronic medial disorder and expected to be a big medical challenge of the twenty first century (Clark, 2004). It is a condition, in which the glucose level in the blood becomes so high that the body is unable to utilize it properly. This long-term condition results when the pancreas of the victim is either not able to produce enough insulin (sometimes even cannot produce any insulin) or the insulin produced cannot work properly. Diabetes is divided into two main types: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1, also known as insulin dependent diabetes milletus (Masharani, 2008) cannot be prevent while Type 2 can be prevented but if the patient is at pre-diabetes stage.

A glucometer is device that is used by diabetics to check their blood sugar. These devices are used by a drop of blood placed on a test strip and the monitor reads it. The finger tip is pricked and the blood

Type two diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by the body’s inability to regulate glucose in the bloodstream. This disease affects millions and can lead to other chronic illnesses and eventually death. An experiment was done to determine the blood glucose of diabetic and non-diabetic individuals over two hours following a meal. A spectrophotometer was used to detect the light absorbency of solutions that represented non-diabetic and diabetic blood, taken right before a meal and thirty minutes, sixty minutes, ninety minutes, and one-hundred-twenty minutes after a meal was eaten. A higher light absorbency indicated a higher blood glucose concentration and a lower light absorbency indicated a lower blood glucose concentration. The diabetic blood samples were found to have higher absorbencies than the non-diabetic blood samples. Those high absorbencies, which also represent high concentrations of glucose, appeared to remain elevated for a longer period of time in diabetics rather than non-diabetics, and it took a much longer time for the blood glucose levels to return to normal in diabetics, still elevated after even two hours. This excess glucose in the blood stream ultimately leads to dozens of other, chronic health problems, but the disease can be prevented or even cured with proper treatment, education, and lifestyle

The patients’ blood is drawn on two separate occasions.” Blood fasting glucose is the best indicator of blood homeostasis and is the preferred method of diagnosing diabetes.” Postprandial blood glucose sampling is also another test done to determine blood glucose level.” Postprandial testing samples are drawn every two hours after a meal to detect the efficiency of the insulin. “Oral glucose test that is done by drinking 8 ounces of a sweet liquid that will also measure the blood glucose levels checking after one hour and then again after two hours.” Normal blood glucose levels should be 70-125

Giving medicine and healing the disease is the last process of any medical treatment. Investigating symptoms and identifying disease is the foundation of the treatment process. Patient monitoring device distributors offer an extensive range of products that help to monitor multiple types of disease as well as health conditions. Products such as fingertip pulse Oximeter, Pulse oximeter, Syringe Pump proves extremely helpful to take care of personal health care. Advanced technology blessed us with the convenient and portable devices that can help to check our health updates. With these medicines to your aid, you don’t need a visit a clinic for regular health checkups. Moderate your blood sugar level and blood pressure with these devices.

The primary objective of this project is to find out the impact of an elevated BG level in the development of SSI in the postoperative diabetic patients and to prevent the SSI. To achieve this goal, the BG levels of these patients need to remain within the normal limits (Boreland, Scott-Hudson, Hetherington, Frussinetty & Slyer, 2015). The proposal consists of four steps. The first step is to educate the postoperative diabetic patients about the significance of tight glycemic control and monitor their BG levels (Sehgal et al., 2011). In the second step, the discharge nurse will provide a BG monitoring record to all the discharged diabetic patients who had surgery. The nurse will instruct these patients to perform

Following the establishment of fasting blood glucose levels subjects in the oral glucose tolerance test consumed a 10 ounce beverage that contained 100 grams of glucose. Over the next 2 hours subjects repeated the same method as used in the control test to test their blood glucose levels 4 more times. These 4 tests were conducted at 30 minute intervals and all readings were recorded for later examination.

The program used objective measurements such as OGTT (from capillary plasma), and a majority of the diabetes diagnoses were confirmed according to WHO recommendations. Hence, objective measurements supported the subjective methods of determining the presence or absence of disease which included self-report of diabetes or self-report of diabetes medication, therefore researchers properly captured incident cases of diabetes.