ArticleInternational journal of critical illness and injury science2014
Point of care blood gases with electrolytes and lactates in adult emergencies.
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- Assessing the Reliability of Arterial Blood Gas Analyzer for Sodium and Potassium Measurement in Critical Care Management.BioMed research international · 2026Article
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- POCT errors can lead to false potassium results.Advances in laboratory medicine · 2022Review
- Does the Same Hyperlactatemia Cut-Off in the Context of Acute Diseases Hold the Same Meaning in Diabetes Mellitus?Cureus · 2022Article
- The ED-PLANN Score: A Simple Risk Stratification Tool for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Derived from Emergency Departments in Korea.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Modalities in Critical Care: Point-of-Care Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test-Is It Time for a Change?-A Literature Review with an Emphasis on Pregnancy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Metabolic response to maxillofacial trauma revisited: A retrospective study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Interchangeability of Sodium and Potassium Result Values of Arterial Blood Gas with Laboratory Analyzer: Narrative Review.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2019Article
- Agreement Between Serum Assays Performed in ED Point-of-Care and Hospital Central Laboratories.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2017Article
- Lactate point-of-care testing for acidosis: Cross-comparison of two devices with routine laboratory results.Practical laboratory medicine · 2016Article
- Predictive Value of Point-of-care Lactate Measurement in Patients Meeting Level II and III Trauma Team Activation Criteria that Present to the Emergency Department: A Prospective Study.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
- Assessment of the Utility of Point-of-Care Testing Incorporating Ultrasound and Arterial Blood Gas in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in the Emergency Department to Determine Disease Severity, Disposition, Need for Ventilation and Renal Replacement Therapy.Journal of emergencies, trauma, and shockArticle
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Abstract
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is one of the formidable concept introduce in the field of critical care settings to deliver decentralized, patient-centric health care to the patients. Rapid provision of blood measurements, particularly blood gases and electrolytes, may translate into improved clinical outcomes. Studies shows that POCT carries advantages of providing reduced therapeutic turnaround time (TTAT), shorter door-to-clinical-decision time, rapid data availability, reduced preanalytic and postanalytic testing errors, self-contained user-friendly instruments, small sample volume requirements, and frequent serial whole-blood testing. However, still there is a noticeable debate that exists among the laboratorians, clinicians, and administrators over concerns regarding analyzer inaccuracy, imprecision and performance (interfering substances), poorly trained non-laboratorians, high cost of tests, operator-dependent quality of testing, and difficulty in integrating test results with hospital information system (HIS). On search of literature using Medline/Pubmed and Embase using the key phrases "ppoint-of-care test," "central laboratory testing," "electrolytes," "blood gas analysis," "lactate," "emergency department," "intensive care unit," we found that POCT of blood gases and selected electrolytes may not entirely replace centralized laboratory testing but may transfigure the clinical practice paradigm of emergency and critical care physicians. We infer that further comprehensive, meaningful and rigorous evaluations are required to determine outcomes which are more quantifiable, closely related to testing events and are associated with effective cost benefits.
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