Point‐of‐care glucose monitoring on the neonatal unit

Abstract

The Nova StatStrip performed well on statistical analysis compared with the Radiometer. Very few hypoglycaemic patients would be missed using the Nova StatStrip glucometer. We would recommend its use on our unit.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Newborn Infants

“…Finally, the models described here are comparable to what has been reported in the literature for these devices. 17,28…”

“…Finally, the models described here are comparable to what has been reported in the literature for these devices. 17,28 Analysis This analysis used CGM and BG data from 155 babies admitted to the Waikato NICU study. Timing and measurement errors from the models described in Sections 2.2/2.3 were added to calibration BG measurements, before CGM data were recalibrated using a published calibration algorithm.…”

Evaluation of the Effects of Insufficient Blood Volume Samples on the Performance of Blood Glucose Self-Test Meters

“…15 Second, we used the StatStrip as the capillary comparison method. While we and others have shown that this point-of-care device is very accurate in comparison with reference laboratory methods, 6,15,16 it is based on a glucose oxidase method, while several of the tested systems (e.g., the Roche Diagnostics and the Bayer devices) are based on glucose dehydrogenase as the key sensor enzyme. It has been shown that differences of 5-8% can easily occur between different enzymatic methods such as glucose oxidase and hexokinase, 17,18 which may account for some of the deviations observed in our study.…”

Point-of-care diagnostics to improve maternal and neonatal health in low-resource settings

“…274 Studies have found the StatStrip to correlate well with laboratory-based equipment in neonatal patient samples. 275,276 The StatStrip, like other glucometers, has relatively expensive test strips and an above-average meter cost (around US $250). Devices such as the Elite XL and the EML105 have been designed for use with neonatal samples, but they have not been found reliable in diagnosing neonatal hypoglycemia.…”