just had to tell someone this

[Guest guest]

looking through one of my med school/residency reference books about lab testing for their description of SHBGwhile flipping pages came across their section on HbA1C and what I saw

Normal ValuesNormal (nondiabetic) - 5.5%-8.5%Diabetes, Good Control - 7.5%-11.4%         Moderate Control - 11.5%-15%                Poor Control - >15%

it was the 5th edition published in 1996 with the 1st edition in 1980all i can saw is wow

[Guest guest]

Crazy. Just points to how little we really know at any point in time.Deborah

 

looking through one of my med school/residency reference books about lab testing for their description of SHBGwhile flipping pages came across their section on HbA1C and what I saw

Normal ValuesNormal (nondiabetic) - 5.5%-8.5%Diabetes, Good Control - 7.5%-11.4%         Moderate Control - 11.5%-15%                Poor Control - >15%

it was the 5th edition published in 1996 with the 1st edition in 1980all i can saw is wow

[Guest guest]

Wow, Dave, you must be older than we thought....

Sharon 

 

Crazy. Just points to how little we really know at any point in time.Deborah

 

looking through one of my med school/residency reference books about lab testing for their description of SHBGwhile flipping pages came across their section on HbA1C and what I saw

Normal ValuesNormal (nondiabetic) - 5.5%-8.5%Diabetes, Good Control - 7.5%-11.4%         Moderate Control - 11.5%-15%                Poor Control - >15%

it was the 5th edition published in 1996 with the 1st edition in 1980all i can saw is wow

[Guest guest]

Man, glad some things change for the better!

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

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Subject: just had to tell someone this

looking through one of my med school/residency reference books about lab

testing for their description of SHBG

while flipping pages came across their section on HbA1C and

what I saw

Normal Values

Normal (nondiabetic) - 5.5%-8.5%

Diabetes, Good Control - 7.5%-11.4%

Moderate Control -

11.5%-15%

Poor

Control - >15%

it was the 5th edition published in 1996 with the 1st

edition in 1980

all i can saw is wow

[Guest guest]

You know, the good old days of medicine!  Actually, I remember following total cholesterol levels when treating hypothyroidism. Honest to god, that was in the early 80's. You know, when we practiced with the dinosaurs, pre-cimetadine, ACE's and fluoxetine!

  

 

 

 

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