Pseudohypoglycemia: A cause for unreliable finger-stick glucose measurements

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-339

  El Khoury, Marc ^a   Yousuf, Farheen ^a   Martin, Vincent ^a   Cohen, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LORAZEPAM; PREDNISONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PSEUDOHYPOGLYCEMIA; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FINGER; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MICROCIRCULATION; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 48949100850     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/ep.14.3.337     Document Type: Article

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