Kosuke Koyano, Makoto Arioka, Yasuhiro Nakao, Aya Morimoto, Masashiro Sugino, Hirosuke Morita, Shinji Nakamura, Sonoko Kondo, Yukihiko Konishi, Saneyuki Yasuda, Takashi Kusaka
BACKGROUND: It is important that blood glucose concentrations be accurately and conveniently measured in infants. However, especially in the early neonatal period, point-of-care testing devices used for adults may not accurately measure blood glucose concentrations in neonates. METHODS: In Study 1, the accuracy of neonatal whole-blood glucose measurements was evaluated for the existing glucose analyser Glutest Mint® (hereinafter MINT1; Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho, Nagoya, Japan) by comparing the data with reference blood glucose concentrations...
April 9, 2024: Annals of Clinical Biochemistry