Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Glycaemia point-of-care testing (POCT) is performed with fingerstick capillary whole-blood glucose measurement. These values normally correlate well with plasma glucose values. Hypoglycemia can be observed with POCT but should always be confirmed on plasma. True hypoglycemia must meet Whipple’s triad: signs/symptoms of hypoglycemia; low plasma glucose; improvement after glucose administration. Artifactual hypoglycemia is defined as a discrepancy between POCT a...