The purpose of this review is to summarize current knowledge about the tests used most
widely in monitoring the glycemic status of people with diabetes. The review addresses both …

DIABETES MELLITUS is a heterogeneous group of metabolic diseases characterized by
hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. 1, 2 In the …

• Background Tight glycemic control is important in critically ill patients and involves insulin
infusions and monitoring of blood glucose levels. Hourly measurements of blood glucose …

A quiet revolution has occurred in the field of monitoring. Without much fanfare the pulse
oximeter waveform has be-gun to appear routinely on operating room (OR) and intensive …

Point-of-care testing (POCT) has evolved from the demand for analytical information more
rapidly than is available from central laboratories. By bringing the analysis closer to the …

Management of laboratory test utilization presents an ongoing challenge. Most studies
reported in the literature have described efforts to control one or a few tests, but the results …

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a biomarker widely related to acute myocardial infarction (AMI),
one of the leading causes of death around the world. Point-of-care testing (POCT) of cTnI not …

Although timeliness of results reporting has not been a major focus in clinical laboratories,
there is increasing pressure from clinicians to report results rapidly. Even though there are …

Glycemic control in hospitalized patients with diabetes requires accurate near-patient
glucose monitoring systems. In the past decade, point-of-care blood glucose monitoring …

We compared centralized vs distributed methods for delivering “stat” test results for blood
gas, glucose, and electrolyte assays. The parameters for comparison were as follows:(a) …