Glucose, Random, Serum Diagnosing and managing diabetes mellitus
and other carbohydrate metabolism disorders including
gestational diabetes, neonatal hypoglycemia, idiopathic
hypoglycemia, and pancreatic islet cell carcinoma Clinical
Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general
clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test The most
common disease related to carbohydrate metabolism is diabetes
mellitus which is characterized by insufficient blood levels of
active insulin. Symptoms include polyuria, abnormally elevated
blood and urine glucose values, excessive thirst, constant
hunger, sudden weight loss, and possibly elevated blood and
urine ketones. Complications from diabetes are the third leading
cause of death in the United States. There are approximately 16
million diabetics in the United States, and that number is
growing. It is estimated that at least 5 million of these people
have not been diagnosed. The prevalence in the population age 65
and older is 18.4%, representing 6.3 m