Blood glucose levels discussed in this article are venous plasma or serum levels measured by standard, automated glucose oxidase methods used in medical laboratories.

* integration with blood glucose meters: Blood glucose data can be manually entered into the pump to support the bolus wizard for calculation of the next insulin bolus.

Blood glucose levels and electrolyte concentrations must be monitored when quinine is given by injection.

Blood glucose, electrolyte and cardiac monitoring are not necessary when quinine is given by mouth.

Blood glucose levels are then measured over the following 2 hours.

Blood glucose is checked at zero, 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes, and then every 10 minutes for the last half-hour of the test.

* Blood glucose – Glucose is a simple sugar and the primary fuel for body cells.

* Blood glucose meter – A machine which electrochemically or coloristically, determines the current level of glucose in a blood sample.

* Blood glucose monitoring – Currently understood as a patient activity -- tracking one's blood glucose level, usually by using a blood glucose meter.

* Blood sugar – A ( misnomer ) name for blood glucose.

See also: Blood glucose monitoring.

* Impaired glucose tolerance ( IGT ) – Blood glucose ( i. e., ' sugar ') levels higher than normal but not high enough to be cause a diagnosis of diabetes.

* Postprandial blood glucose – Blood taken 1 – 2 hours after eating to see the amount of glucose ( sugar ) in the blood.

See also: Blood glucose monitoring.

See also: Blood glucose monitoring ; reagents.

Blood glucose monitoring is a way of testing the concentration of glucose in the blood ( glycemia ).

Conventionally this change in the elements is understood to be accomplished at the Epiclesis ( Greek: " invocation ") by which the Holy Spirit is invoked and the consecration of the bread and wine as the Body and Blood of Christ is specifically requested, but since the anaphora as a whole is considered a unitary ( albeit lengthy ) prayer, no one moment within it can be readily singled out.

Blood tests, lumbar puncture or toxicology screening can be helpful in specific circumstances suggestive of an underlying cause like alcohol or benzodiazepine withdrawal, meningitis or drug overdose, but there is insufficient evidence to support their routine use in the work-up of an adult with an apparently unprovoked first seizure.

Blood vessels do not actively engage in the transport of blood ( they have no appreciable peristalsis ), but arteries — and veins to a degree — can regulate their inner diameter by contraction of the muscular layer.

Blood clotting in the hepatic portal vein can cause portal hypertension, which results in a decrease of blood fluid to the liver.

Blood tests can also be done to look for an allergen-specific IgE.

Blood tests can be done to determine if a patient has high levels of antibodies that are indicative of the condition, such as anti-nuclear antibody ( ANA ) and rheumatoid factor ( because SS frequently occurs secondary to rheumatoid arthritis ), which are associated with autoimmune diseases.

Blood loss, dehydration, and fluid leaking into the abdominal cavity ( ascites ) can lead to kidney failure.

Blood tests can be used to measure abnormalities in the levels of essential minerals and salts.

Blood circulation can be stopped in the entire body below the heart for at least 30 minutes, with injury to the spinal cord being a limiting factor.

Blood glucose levels can rise well above normal for significant periods without producing any permanent effects or symptoms.

Labelmates Cornershop can be seen along with Huggy Bear and Blood Sausage in the 1994 tour documentary Getting Close To Nothing.

Blood tests and microscopy can be used to aid in the diagnosis of trichinosis.

Blood culture is rarely positive but the streptococci can usually be demonstrated in throat culture.

Blood stains can still be seen on the church's floor today.

In the video game Left 4 Dead ( 2008 ), a room can be found ( in the Blood Harvest campaign ) containing an upturned lawnmower with a rope attached and a considerable amount of blood, referencing a particularly gory scene of the movie.

Notable examples of such a work can be found in the novels The Reproductive System by John Sladek ( 1968 ), Blood Music and The Forge of God by Greg Bear ( 1985 ), the 2002 Michael Crichton novel Prey and Wil McCarthy's novel Bloom.

Blood transfusions can be life-saving in some situations, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, or can be used to replace blood lost during surgery.

For now Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Pan Am, newest BBC programs and Yle's own drama production can be seen in native HD with 5. 1 surround sound if available.

Blood vessel narrowing can be a significant health problem as well, and is treated on an individual basis.

This can range from Tanith Lee's Red as Blood, where the stepmother queen is desperately trying to protect the land from her evil stepdaughter's magic, to Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle, where, although it is known that stepmothers are evil, the actual stepmother is guilty of nothing more than some carelessness, to Erma Bombeck's retelling where Cinderella is lazy and a liar.

* Hugh Auld — Former trapper and friend of the Blood Indians who cause Augustus ' death ; finds Augustus as he's trying to reach Miles City and lends his horse so that Augustus can make it.

Blood disorders and chronic wounds can result in skin ulcers as well.

Blood blisters could be prevented from forming by rubbing a work blister immediately with any hard nonpoisonous substance.

From the mid-1930s on, National Socialist ideologues attacked the anthroposophical world-view as being opposed to Nazi racist and nationalistic principles ; anthroposophy considered " Blood, Race and Folk " as primitive instincts that must be overcome.

Blood from slaughtered animals may not be consumed, and must be drained out of the animal and covered with earth.

Blood feuds could be regulated at meetings, such as the Viking things.

At the conclusion of the Anaphora the bread and wine are held to be the Body and Blood of Christ.

However, the topography other than coastlines and major rivers is quite different, and the only apparent reference to the real world besides the map may be the Blood Wood, known as " Wyrm Wood " before the Scourge and similar in location and extent to the Chernobyl ( Ukrainian for " wormwood ") Zone of alienation.

Blood tests may be performed to exclude other causes of muscle disease ( elevated creatine kinase may indicate a myositis, and abnormal thyroid function tests may indicate thyrotoxic myopathy ).

The Merovingians are extensively featured in the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, in which they are claimed to be descended from Jesus and survived their deposition in 751.

For instance, federal scholarships for Native Americans require the student to be enrolled in a federally recognized tribe and have at least one-quarter Native American descent ( equivalent to one grandparent ), attested to by a Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood ( CDIB ) card.

Blood vessels may also be more visible.

Blood samples may be drawn to determine hormonal conditions in studies of physiology, identify DNA markers for studying genetics and kinship in studies of breeding biology and phylogeography.

Blood may also be used to pathogens and arthropod borne viruses.

The film proved to be successful and was followed with a sequel in 1985, Rambo: First Blood Part II which became the most successful film in the series and made the character John Rambo a pop cultural icon.

By the end of the 1980s, the influence of the successful action film could be felt in almost every genre-hybrids were becoming the norm ; war-action hybrids ( like First Blood and Missing in Action ), science fiction action ( like The Terminator, and RoboCop ), horror-action ( like Aliens and Predator ), and even the occasional musical-action-comedy hybrid ( like The Blues Brothers ).

Blood vessels may be clamped to prevent bleeding, and retractors may be used to expose the site or keep the incision open.

Blood or blood expanders may be administered to compensate for blood lost during surgery.

This decree allowed marriages of the princes and princesses of the Blood Imperial with non-royal spouses, on the conditions that the emperor's consent be obtained, that the dynast renounce his or her personal succession rights, and that the Pauline laws restricting succession rights to those born of equal marriages continue in force.