Reliability of Handheld Blood Glucose Monitors in Neonates: Trustworthy Arterial Readings but Capillary Results Warrant Caution for Hypoglycemia
Authors' conclusion
Blood glucose monitor testing provided reliable results from arterial blood. However, users should interpret hypoglycemic results obtained from capillary blood with caution.
Study context
- Population
- Preterm and ill neonates in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs)
- Participants
- 40 participants
- Comparison
- Capillary and arterial blood glucose monitors (BGM) vs arterial plasma YSI 2300 Stat Plus glucose
- Outcome
- Differences in glucose concentrations between capillary BGM and arterial YSI, and between arterial BGM and YSI aliquots of the same sample
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Results within CLSI and FDA tolerance criteria
Capillary BGM results outside tolerance criteria (average)
27.5%
Original publication
Reliability of Handheld Blood Glucose Monitors in Neonates: Trustworthy Arterial Readings but Capillary Results Warrant Caution for Hypoglycemia. J Diabetes Sci Technol. Published 20 October 2023. doi:10.
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