Hematocrit causes the most significant error in point of care glucometers

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1530-

  Mann, Elizabeth A ^a   Pidcoke, Heather F ^a   Salinas, Jose ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NOTE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 67650498444     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819d2e8a     Document Type: Letter

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