Glucose Clinical Chemistry Reagents

Glucose (GLUC) measurements are used for diagnosis and therapy control of carbohydrate metabolism disorders. Elevated glucose values (hyperglycemia) are observed in the following discorders: diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes and Addison's disease. Decreased glucose values (hypoglycemia) are observed in neonatal hypoglycemia, congenital enzyme defects, Reye's syndrome, hepatic dysfunction, insulinomas, insulin antibodies, alcohol ingestion, neoplasms, sepsis and chronic renal failure.

Microalbuminuria is considered a clinically important indicator of deteriorating renal function in diabetic subjects and regular screening is valuable in monitoring these patients. Prospective studies have demonstrated that increased urinary albumin excretion precedes and is highly predictive of diabetic nephropathy, end stage renal disease, and proliferative retinopathy in type I diabetes. In patients with type II diabetes increased urinary albumin excretion is an independent predictor of progressive renal disease, atherosclerotic disease and cardiovascular mortality. Increased urinary albumin excretion, both independently and in conjunction with hyperinsulinemia, identifies a group of nondiabetic subjects at increased risk of coronary vascular disease. Immunoturbidimetric test for the quantitative determination of mircoalbumin in collected urine or random midstream urine.