Precision-to-tolerance capability: an important consideration in tight glucose control.

OBJECTIVE: To assess clinical implications of bias and variance of point-of-care glucometric measurements in cardiac surgery patients with wide variations in postoperative hematocrit. METHODS: Point-of-care glucose measurements were compared with values from laboratory analysis of the same sample of...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Critical Care Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 232 - 240
Autores principales: Prinzing C, Rosenlund S, Sukeena V, Malinowski C, Wise LC
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Publicado: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses May2009
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        atl: Precision-to-tolerance capability: an important consideration in tight glucose control.
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          Prinzing C
          Rosenlund S
          Sukeena V
          Malinowski C
          Wise LC
        affil: Trinity Health-Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. USA.
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          Cardiac Patients
          Critically Ill Patients
          Glycemic Control
          Point-of-Care Testing
          Surgical Patients
          Analysis of Variance
          Blood Glucose Meters Economics
          Blood Specimen Collection
          Clinical Nursing Research
          Comparative Studies
          Confidence Intervals
          Convenience Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Equipment Reliability
          Hematocrit
          Idaho
          Intensive Care Units
          Laboratories
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      ab: OBJECTIVE: To assess clinical implications of bias and variance of point-of-care glucometric measurements in cardiac surgery patients with wide variations in postoperative hematocrit. METHODS: Point-of-care glucose measurements were compared with values from laboratory analysis of the same sample of whole blood obtained from cardiac patients early on postoperative days 1 and 2. Twenty nurses collected 89 arterial blood samples from 58 patients during a 4-month period. Bias was measured by using difference scores between paired measurements. Patients were grouped within 5% increments according to hematocrit, and analysis of variance was used to test for differences. Variation was analyzed by precision-to-tolerance analysis within 3 euglycemic tolerance ranges. RESULTS: Laboratory glucose values were 62 to 224 mg/dL; point-of-care measures were 83 to 253 mg/dL. Bias was 10.85 mg/dL across all hematocrit groups. Pairs of laboratory and point-of-care glucose values differed significantly (t(174) = 10.03; P < .001). Bias increased from -2.83 mg/dL for patients with hematocrits exceeding 39% to +16.71 mg/dL for patients with hematocrits between 20% and 24%. The standard deviation of difference scores was 11.59 mg/dL overall. The difference between 5% hematocrit groups was significant (F(4) = 4.11; P = .004). Precision-to-tolerance capability ratios for specification limits of 70 to 300, 90 to 140, and 80 to 110 mg/dL were 0.30, 1.39, and 2.32, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The direction of bias change between hematocrit groupings was the direction predicted in the manufacturer's information. Precision-to-tolerance measures indicated that the point-of-care equipment was not suitable for testing glucose within the planned 'tighter' glycemic standards.
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