Nursing Central: Insulin and Insulin Response to Glucose

Insulin and Insulin Response to Glucose

General

Synonym/Acronym:
N/A.

Common Use:
To assess the amount of insulin secreted in response to blood glucose to assist in diagnosis of types of hypoglycemia and insulin resistant pathologies.

Specimen:
Serum (1 mL) collected in a red-top tube.

Normal Findings:
(Method: Immunoassay)

75-g Glucose Load	Insulin	SI Units (Conventional Units × 6.945)	Tolerance for Glucose (Hypoglycemia)
Fasting	Less than 17 micro international units/L	Less than 118.1 pmol/L	Less than 110 mg/dL
30 min	6–86 micro international units/L	41.7–597.3 pmol/L	Less than 200 mg/dL
1 hr	8–118 micro international units/L	55.6–819.5 pmol/L	Less than 200 mg/dL
2 hr	5–55 micro international units/L	34.7–382 pmol/L	Less than 140 mg/dL
3 hr	Less than 25 micro international units/L	Less than 174 pmol/L	65–120 mg/dL
4 hr	Less than 15 micro international units/L	Less than 104.2 pmol/L	65–120 mg/dL
5 hr	Less than 8 micro international units/L	Less than 55.6 pmol/L	65–115 mg/dL

Insulin and Insulin Response to Glucose has been found in Davis's Lab & Diagnostic Tests

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