Abstract

Glucose monitoring among critically-ill patients has been a topic of attention for long time to prevent both hyper-glycemia and hypoglycemia, which is important in an intensive care unit. Use of point of care blood glucose meters within some critically ill patient populations has resulted in varying degrees of confusion about off-label use and potential discrepancies in results. The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of point of care capillary and venous/arterial samples verse venous/arterial samples by laboratory testing in critically ill both shocked and non-shocked patients.

Keywords

Capillary,Venous and arte-rial