1991 Federal Nursing Service Award recipient. The effect of increased atmospheric pressure on glucose reagent strip accuracy.
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is currently being used throughout the world as an adjunctive therapy for non-healing diabetic wounds. Anecdotal accounts of diabetic patients experiencing hypoglycemic reactions with HBO necessitated glucose testing by fingerstick during treatment dives to 2.4 atmospheres absolute. This study looked at four glucose testing methods and the accuracy of their readings using high and low control solutions at both sea level and at depth. A one-way analysis of variance showed significant differences with all of the high and 75% of the low control solutions when comparing sea level readings to depth readings. The significance varied between reaction rate and end point reading methods, with the reaction rate technology performing better.
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Armstrong Laboratory, Davis Hyperbaric Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX 78235.
D000399:Air Pressure; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D011934:Reagent Strips
D001786:Blood Glucose; D011934:Reagent Strips