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Evaluation of a new glucose reflectance meter for use in the neonatal intensive care unit
A Vitanza1, G P Giacoia, K West
1Eastern Oklahoma Perinatal Center, Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa 74136.
Abstract:
In this study, a new glucose reflective meter was compared with a conventional laboratory measure of glucose concentration. The excellent correlation found (r = 0.988) simplicity and economic cost make the new method suitable for use in the neonatal intensive care (NICU) environment. The authors believe that the physician dealing with premature or small-for-dates infants, or infants of diabetic mothers, can base emergency therapy on the results obtained by this bedside method of blood glucose measurement pending confirmation by the clinical laboratory.