title: How valuable are patients' blood glucose monitoring results?
abstract: Blood glucose testing by people with diabetes is an accepted method of assessing diabetes control, and is often the basis for adjusting the diabetes treatment regimen. This case report illustrates the importance of checking the patient's testing technique when the home and surgery test results differ.
authors.affiliation: St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dunning
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012648:Self Care / Q000592:standards*