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Introduction: Point-of-care (POC) testing is routinely used in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) due to its ease of use, rapid availability of results, and small blood volume requirements. Yet despite… Click to show full abstract
Introduction: Point-of-care (POC) testing is routinely used in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) due to its ease of use, rapid availability of results, and small blood volume requirements. Yet despite these advantages, an underutilization of POC testing exists due to a large discrepancy between central laboratory testing of electrolytes and POC testing of electrolytes. Laboratory analysis utilizes indirect ion-selective electrodes (ISE), which dilutes samples prior to analysis, and thus relies on assumption of …
Journal Title: Pediatrics
Year Published: 2018
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