Evaluation of the i-STAT portable point-of-care analyzer for determination of blood gases and acid-base status in newborn calves
Evaluation of the i-STAT portable point-of-care analyzer for determination of blood gases and acid-base status in newborn calves
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DOI:
10.1111/vec.12228
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发表时间:
2014-09-01
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1.3
通讯作者:
Goetz, Eva
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作者:
Bleul, Ulrich;Goetz, Eva
Objective - To validate the i-STAT, a portable hand-held analyzer that allows point-of-care measurement of blood gases, acid-base, lactate, and other blood variables in food animal practice for analysis of blood samples of newborn calves.Design - Prospective observational study.Setting - University teaching hospital.Measurements and Main Results - A total of 271 venous blood samples were analyzed for PvO(2), PvCO(2), pH, base excess (BE), HCO3, venous saturation of oxygen (SvO(2)), and total carbon dioxide (TCO2) using an i-STAT and a Rapidlab 248 bench top analyzer that served as the reference method. L-lactate was measured using the i-STAT as well as photometrically. Results from the i-STAT and the reference methods were compared. The analytes BE, HCO3, and TCO2 showed a constant systematic error across the entire range with 2.3, 1.9, and 2.0 mmol/L lower values, respectively, than the values measured by the reference method. Based on the combined inherent imprecision of the 2 analyzers and after correcting the influences of systematic errors, the PvO(2), HCO3, and SvO(2) were within the acceptable limits in 76% to 91% of the cases. Ninety-five percent of the measurements of PvCO(2) and BE were within acceptable limits.Conclusions - The overall performance of the i-STAT was good except for BE, HCO3, and TCO2, thus limiting its usefulness in clinical studies. However this hand-held device allows rapid, reliable, and accurate point-of-care blood analyses and thus can be useful in bovine practice.