BIOL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pancreatitis, Glycated Hemoglobin, Hemoglobin
29 Jul 2020
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Disorder in which women who are not diabetic before pregnancy develop diabetes during the pregnancy. Life-threatening primary malignant neoplasm typically found in the head of the pancreas. Acute or chronic destructive inflammatory condition of the pancreas. Symptoms vary from mild self-limiting pancreatic edema to massive necrotizing hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Diagnostic techniques, treatments, and procedures of the endocrine system. Blood sample taken usually early in the morning after the person has been without food or drink since midnight. Evaluates person"s ability to tolerate concentrated oral glucose load by measuring glucose levels: 1, 2, and 3 hours after glucose administration. Blood test that shows average level of glucose in an individual"s blood during the last 3 months. Glucose binds chemically to hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells. Ada recommends level less than 7. 0 percent. Determines the percentage of radioactive iodine absorbed by gland over specific time periods.
