At that point, or when the patient has symptoms of hypoglycemia, a blood test is drawn for serum glucose, insulin, proinsulin, and C-peptide levels.
If late-stage liver disease is suspected, then a serum glucose may be appropriate.
"Reduced serum glucose and insulin levels and increased resistance of neurons in the brain to excitotoxic stress."
For beluga whales, the 25-75 percent range for serum glucose has been estimated to be 94 to 115 mg/dL.
As hypoglycemia occurs in approximately 10% of infants and young children, measuring serum glucose in this population is recommended.
There was no difference in basal serum glucose.
Duloxetine slightly increased the fasting serum glucose; however this effect was deemed to be of "minimal clinical significance".
So you 'do the DONT' as we say, running through all the possibilities beginning with checking her serum glucose.
Laboratory findings in Cushing syndrome include increased serum glucose (blood sugar) and increased urine cortisol.
Comment: I was prescribed Metformin ER - 1,000 mg daily to control serum glucose.