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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2019

Pleural fluid glucose testing using a finger stick glucometer: a novel bedside test.

Tony F Abdo, Himanshu Bhardwaj, Muhammad K Ishaq, Jean I Keddissi, Houssein A Youness

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tony F AbdoInterventional Pulmonary Program, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Health Care System and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, USA.
Himanshu BhardwajInterventional Pulmonary Program, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Health Care System and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, USA.
Muhammad K IshaqInterventional Pulmonary Program, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Health Care System and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, USA.
Jean I KeddissiInterventional Pulmonary Program, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Health Care System and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, USA.
Houssein A YounessInterventional Pulmonary Program, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Health Care System and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, USA.
Oklahoma City VA Health Care System · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPleural fluid glucose (PFG) has diagnostic and therapeutic implications for the management of pleural effusion. The literature examining point-of-care testing of PFG is limited, and no studies exist for the bedside measurement of PFG using a glucometer (B-PFG). In this study, we compared the accuracy of B-PFG measurement to standard in-lab measurement (Lab-PFG).

methodsPatients undergoing thoracentesis or thoracostomy were enrolled. PFG was measured at the bedside with a finger stick blood glucometer (ACCU-CHEK

resultsSixty patients were included. Mean age was 64.1 years. Forty-nine patients had exudative effusions (41% malignant, 26% parapneumonic, and 33% others). There was a significant correlation between the B-PFG and the Lab-PFG (r=0.98, 95% CI of 0.97 to 0.99; P<0.0001). There was good agreement between the B-PFG and the Lab-PFG with a mean difference of 14.8 mg/dL [95% limit of agreement (LOA) of -2.2 to 31.8 mg/dL]. This agreement was even better at glucose values less than 80 mg/dL.

conclusionsPFG measured at the bedside with a glucometer closely correlates with the laboratory measurement. Further studies are needed prior to incorporating this test in clinical practice.

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glucometerPleural effusionpleural fluid glucose (PFG)thoracentesis

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PMID31903280
PMCPMC6940255
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