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The evaluation of a portable clinical analyzer in the emergency department.
- Source :
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American journal of clinical pathology [Am J Clin Pathol] 1993 Dec; Vol. 100 (6), pp. 599-605. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- A recently available portable clinical analyzer (PCA), which examines sodium, potassium, chloride, glucose, urea nitrogen, and hematocrit levels on 60 microL of blood and calculates hemoglobin and osmolality levels within 2 minutes, was evaluated. Blood from 574 patients was drawn by emergency department staff, who immediately tested the samples with the PCA and transported them for plasma analysis on a reference analyzer in the clinical laboratory. Correlations between the PCA and the reference analyzer were as follows: R2 = 0.987 for urea nitrogen; R2 = 0.97, glucose; R2 = 0.937, K;R2 = 0.79, hematocrit; R2 = 0.751, sodium; and R2 = 0.689 for chloride. With its rapid turnaround, small sample requirement, and ease of operation, the PCA is most useful in an emergency department setting, where immediate access to clinically relevant laboratory testing is required in support of urgent clinical decision-making.
- Subjects :
- Blood Chemical Analysis economics
Blood Chemical Analysis trends
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Humans
Pathology, Clinical economics
Pathology, Clinical trends
Sensitivity and Specificity
Blood Chemical Analysis instrumentation
Emergency Medical Services methods
Pathology, Clinical instrumentation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-9173
- Volume :
- 100
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of clinical pathology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8249905
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/100.6.599