Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
unit used for capillary blood glucose test
English answer:
mmol/L
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Naikei Wong
May 20, 2006 21:14
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unit of for blood glucose test
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capillary blood glucose test
What's the unit used for "capillary blood glucose test"?
I'm translating from a hand-written record...
something like mm.../L
Thanks in advance!
I'm translating from a hand-written record...
something like mm.../L
Thanks in advance!
Responses
| 5 +6 | mmol/L |
William [Bill] Gray
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| 5 | mg/dL |
Piotr Sawiec
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15 mins
William [Bill] Gray
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Related KudoZ points
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4
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mmol/L
See the sentence below, taken from the supplied web link.
Example sentence:
"All of these 11 patients had capillary glucose > or = 9.1 mmol/L."
Reference:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7648909&dopt=Abstract
Note from asker:
| Thank you Bill! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Piotr Sawiec
: this is one possibility, especially if the numbers range from for example 2-7 (but up to twenty or thirty in hyperglycaemia)
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Thank you!
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Michael Barnett
: This is the correct SI unit. In the USA, mg/dL is used. For conversion see: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/clinical_data.html
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Thank you!
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Dave Calderhead
: but below 4.5 is becoming hypoglycaemic - normal range is 6 to 10
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Thank you!
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Tony M
10 hrs
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Thank you!
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Jianming Sun
13 hrs
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Thank you!
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
1 day 14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for the help! I've confirmed this with a print source in another medical record. Piotr's comments are very helpful. I give the points according to the sequence of entry (not a very good way of evaluation, sorry!). Cheers"
1 hr
mg/dL
handwriting can be misleading. Most glucometers use mg/dL, and they measure capillary blood glucose, but in this setting numbers will usually be over 50 (if below, you have hypoglycaemia), anyway they do not become as low as in case of mmol/l
Note from asker:
| Thank you Piotr! |
| Your help very much appreciated! |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tony M
: Although the useful extra info you provide is certainly applicable in the US, I think your suggestion is unlikely to be what is given in Asker's context, so your high confidence level could cause confusion.
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it is applicable everywhere, not only in the US, what I have written is with high confidence, as I am 100% certain about it. It is up to the asker, who knows more details, to decide. Handwriting can be misleading, but I believe in intelect of the asker
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