title: Evaluation in clinical practice of Dextrostix and the Eyetone Reflectance Meter.
abstract: Venous blood glucose concentration measured by Dextrostix-Eyetone Reflectance Meter method were compared with conventional enzymatic measurements of plasma glucose in the same 373 blood samples over the range of 0.55-22.2 mmol/l (10-400 mg/100 ml). Agreement between the two methods was good up to 5.5 mmol/l (100 mg/100 ml) but above 11.1 mmol/l (200 mg/100 ml) the Dextrostix-Eyetone method gave higher results for glucose concentration. The Dextrostix-Eyetone method is a reliable means of confirming or refuting the clinical diagnosis of hypoglycaemia and is useful in the day-to-day management of diabetes mellitus in situations where insulin dosage requirements are varying and where access to clinical laboratory facilities are not readily available.
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005949:Glucose Oxidase; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011934:Reagent Strips
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D011934:Reagent Strips; D005949:Glucose Oxidase