The inaccuracy of venous and capillary blood glucose measurement using reagent strips in the newborn period and the effect of haematocrit

Early Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-121

  Hussain, K ^a,b   Sharief, N ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEXOKINASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TEST STRIP; VENOUS BLOOD;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAPILLARIES; HEMATOCRIT; HEXOKINASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY CONTROL; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEINS;

EID: 0033969498     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(99)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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