glucose in serum/plasma

Reference interval

• Male & Female: 74-106 mg/dL; 4.1-5.9 mmol/L

* 1 mmol/L of glucose is equivalent to 18 mg/dL

Principle

• see glucose in body fluid

Increases

• see hyperglycemia

Decreases

• see hypoglycemia

Specimen

No special patient preparation is required.

Collect the specimen by standard venipuncture technique. Remove serum promptly from the clot to avoid metabolism of glucose by the cells (approximately 7% per hour at room temperature). A maximum of 30 minutes between drawing & separation from the clot is recommended.

Minimum sample required is 0.5 milliliter with an optimum size of 1.0 milliliter or larger.

More general terms

• glucose in body fluid

More specific terms

• glucose in serum/plasma 1 hour post 50g glucose (gestational diabetes screen)

Additional terms

• capillary blood glucose (sugar)
• glucose (dextrose, D-glucose)
• glucose in CSF
• glucose in urine
• glycemic control
• hyperglycemia
• hypoglycemia

Component of

• chemistry 7 panel (Chem-7 SMA7)
• chemistry 8 panel (basic metabolic panel, BMP, basic chemistry panel)
• chemistry 8 panel with ionized calcium; basic metabolic panel (BMP) with ionized calcium
• chemistry 14 panel (comprehensive metabolic panel, CMP, chem 12, SMA12, SMA20)
• cerebrospinal fluid analysis
• glucose/insulin in serum/plasma
• glucose in CSF/glucose in serum/plasma
• endocrinology 7 analyte panel
• insulin-induced C-peptide suppression panel
• pancreatic panel

Patient information

glucose in serum/plasma patient information