Point-of-care glucose monitoring in a critical care setting: Evaluation of a new maltose independent chemistry accu-chek INFORM II, nova statStrip, and abbott medisense PXP

Point of Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-16

  Creed, Gary Michael ^a   Fox, Terrence J ^a   Beale, Richard J ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accuracy; appropriate glucose control; critical care; diabetes; hematocrit; hypernatremia; hyponatremia; maltose; point of care testing; precision

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952309627     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/POC.0b013e318207813b     Document Type: Article

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