BIOL 4376 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glycated Hemoglobin, Gestational Diabetes, Glipizide
29 Jul 2020
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> 126 mg/dl on 2 occasions: diagnosis of dm. Measures ability of pancreas to secrete insulin after a glucose load and body"s response to insulin. Utility: diagnosis of diabetes; preferred screening for gestational diabetes. Procedure: patient fasts for 8 hours, patient receives 75 grams glucose load (sweet tasting drink, glucose levels drawn at 1 and 2 hours after the glucose load. Stable glycoprotein formed when glucose binds to hemoglobin a. Determines average blood glucose concentrations for preceding 3 months vs. 1 point in time. Utility: diagnose diabetes; assess long-term efficacy/adherence to diabetes medications (i. e. insulin, metformin) Butterfly shaped organ composed of 2 connecting lobes that span the trachea. Regulated by feedback mechanism involving hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and thyroid gland. Releases thyrotropin releasing hormone (trh) in response to decreased. Trh stimulates pituitary to release thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) Tsh stimulates thyroid gland to transport iodide into itself from the circulation and form t4 and t3, increasing t4 and t3.
