

However, still there is a noticeable debate that exists among the laboratorians, clinicians, and administrators over concerns regarding analyzer inaccuracy, imprecision and performance (interfering substances), poorly trained non-laboratorians, high cost of tests, operator-dependent quality of testing, and difficulty in integrating test results with hospital information system (HIS).
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Studies shows that POCT carries advantages of providing reduced therapeutic turnaround time (TTAT), shorter door-to-clinical-decision time, rapid data availability, reduced preanalytic and postanalytic testing errors, self-contained user-friendly instruments, small sample volume requirements, and frequent serial whole-blood testing. Rapid provision of blood measurements, particularly blood gases and electrolytes, may translate into improved clinical outcomes. The i-STAT is a reliable POC device and can be used in field condition to assess electrolyte status in cattle.Īccuracy Bovine Point-of-care device Precision Sensitivity Specificity.Ĭopyright © 2015 by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.Point-of-care testing (POCT) is one of the formidable concept introduce in the field of critical care settings to deliver decentralized, patient-centric health care to the patients. The i-STAT yielded results that were in agreement with the auto-analyzer, with negligible biases in measurement of plasma K(+), Na(+), and CI(-) concentrations. The i-STAT had 76-100% Se and 87.7-100% Sp for assessing electrolyte statuses. The mean bias (blood concentration - plasma concentration) was -0.20 for K(+) (P =.

Regression equations fitting blood (Y) and plasma (X) concentration did not deviate from the identity line for K(+) (Y = -0.10 + 0.98 × X), Na(+) (Y = X), and CI(-) (Y = 3.04 + 0.96 × X). The i-STAT results were highly correlated with the Cobas C501 results (r = 0.970, 0.922, and 0.866 for K(+), Na(+), and CI(-), respectively). Plasma and blood Na(+) concentrations were similar (136.95 versus 136.8 mmol/L). 04) were greater than their concentrations in blood. Plasma concentrations of K(+) (4.39 versus 4.2 mmol/L P <. Blood and plasma electrolyte data were subjected to student t-test for comparison, the concordance analysis for agreement, accuracy, and precision, the Passing-Bablok regression and the Bland-Altman plot for reliability, and receiver operating characteristics curves for sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp). In this prospective study, blood samples collected from the jugular vein were processed for determination of K(+), Na(+), and CI(-) concentrations in blood and plasma using the i-STAT and auto-analyzer (Cobas C501), respectively. Ninety-eight cattle with various diseases. To evaluate reliability of the i-STAT, a point-of-care (POC) device, in measuring blood K(+), Na(+), and CI(-) concentrations in cattle. Rapid determination of blood electrolyte concentrations can help determine electrolyte status and delivery of effective volume of electrolyte solutions in field conditions.
