Lab Values for hypoglycemic pt

[Lexa04]

What type of labs would be ordered for a pt with hypoglycemia and what would there values be?

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

http://www.fpnotebook.com/endo/hypoglycemia/hypglycmmngmnt.htm

• "monitor serum blood glucose every 15 minutes until >100 mg/dl"

other tests that might be ordered to check for diabetes are:

• "serum glucose, glucose tolerance, glycosated hemoglobin."

you can look these tests up on these websites:

• medicine net procedures & tests a to z index http://www.medicinenet.com/procedures_and_tests/article.htm
  
• web md index list of tests http://www.webmd.com/a_to_z_guide/medical_tests.htm
  
• lab tests online http://www.labtestsonline.org/