Evaluation in clinical practice of Dextrostix and the Eyetone Reflectance Meter.

Abstract

Venous blood glucose concentration measured by Dextrostix-Eyetone Reflectance Meter method were compared with conventional enzymatic measurements of plasma glucose in the same 373 blood samples over the range of 0.55-22.2 mmol/l (10-400 mg/100 ml). Agreement between the two methods was good up to 5.5 mmol/l (100 mg/100 ml) but above 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/100 ml) the Dextrostix-Eyetone method gave higher results for glucose concentration. The Dextrostix-Eyetone method is a reliable means of confirming or refuting the clinical diagnosis of hypoglycaemia and is useful in the day-to-day management of diabetes mellitus in situations where insulin dosage requirements are varying and where access to clinical laboratory facilities are not readily available.

• Authors: T E West, S L Judd, P H Sönksen
• Journal: Diabete & metabolisme (Diabete Metab) Vol. 3 Issue 3 Pg. 165-7 (Sep 1977) ISSN: 0338-1684 [Print] France
• PMID: 913748 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Blood Glucose
• Reagent Strips
• Glucose Oxidase

Topics

• Blood Glucose (analysis)
• Diabetes Mellitus (diagnosis)
• Evaluation Studies as Topic
• Glucose Oxidase
• Humans
• Methods
• Reagent Strips