Rapid Estimation of Blood Glucose

Point of care estimation of blood glucose in neonates.

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Importance of blood glucose meter and carbohydrate estimation accuracy.

BACKGROUND The clinical significance of blood glucose meter (BGM) error in the presence of increasing carbohydrate errors in diabetes patients who use both the BGM result and the carbohydrate estimation to dose insulin is unknown. METHODS This Monte Carlo simulation modeled diabetes patients who calculate insulin dosages based on BGM results and carbohydrate estimations. It evaluated the like...

A simplified technique for estimation of blood glucose.

Somogyi's (6) blood sugar method is one of the most reliable and extensively used method for the estimation of true sugar. Non-sugar reducing substances of blood are located principally in the erythrocytes (3) and are removed from laked blood by adding barium hydroxide and zinc sulphate solution in this method (5). Unfortunately solutions of barium hydroxide are very susceptible to deterioratio...

Spurious hyperglycaemia--a hazard of finger prick blood glucose estimation.

Two diabetic patients presented in coma to the accident and emergency department. Although they were hypoglycaemic, the initial blood glucose reagent strip readings were high. We postulate that glucose contamination of their fingers occurred and resulted in spuriously high readings. A small survey highlights the problems resulting from such contamination. Correct handling of blood glucose reage...

Rapid Stick Method for Determining Blood-glucose Concentration.