Importance of sample size in hospital point-of-care glucose measurements

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 874-875

  Heijboer, Annemieke C ^a   Otten, John H ^a   Jelles, Willem J ^a   Blankenstein, Marinus A ^a   Vroonhof, Karen ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bedside measurements; Blood glucose analyzer; Point of care testing; Pre analytical

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACCURACY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 44949095180     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.177     Document Type: Letter

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