The accuracy of point-of-care glucose measurements

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 396-411

  Rebel, Annette ^a   Rice, Mark A ^b   Fahy, Brenda G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Glucose error; Glucose measurement; Hypoglycemia; Laboratory; Point of care device

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY DEVICE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICROCIRCULATION; POINT OF CARE GLUCOSE MONITORING DEVICE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; BLOOD; CALIBRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; CALIBRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84865124284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681200600228     Document Type: Review

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