Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Glycemia point-of-care testing (POCT) is performed with fingerstick capillary whole-blood glucose measurement. These values 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 a discrepancy between POCT and plasma glucose and...

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...