Step | Procedure | Technique |
Fasting period | Instruct patient to fast 6–12 h (preferred) or <6 h (suboptimal) | |
Check blood glucose | ||
Oral glucose loading | IF: fasting blood glucose < 110 mg/dL (6.11 mmol/L) | Standard |
AND: no known diabetes | ||
THEN: | ||
Administer oral glucose load (typically 25–100 g; Table 6) | ||
Monitor blood glucose (Table 6) | ||
IF: fasting blood glucose > 110–130 mg/dL (6.11–7.22 mmol/L) | Standard | |
OR: known diabetes | ||
THEN: see Table 6 | ||
OR: | ||
Intravenous dextrose infusion | See reference (6) | Optional |
Acipimox | 250 mg orally (not available in United States) | |
18F-FDG intravenous injection | Timing is dependent on which option was selected (Table 7, item 1) | Standard |
PET | 45–90 min after 18F-FDG injection, start imaging (Table 7) |
Reproduced with permission from (6).