title: Determination of glucose levels using dried filter paper blood spots: new perspective in home monitoring.
abstract: We present a method for the determination of blood glucose using dried filter paper blood spots. To validate this method, we compared our results using filter paper and simultaneously collected venous blood. We demonstrated that there is a linear relationship between the filter paper glucose levels and those determined in whole blood (r = 0.98). There was no significant difference between the results of the two methods (p > 0.05). This method is a cheap alternative which may improve the control of diabetes mellitus, and may also be very useful in the diagnosis of postprandial hypoglycemia and other special situations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Novis
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nóbrega
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Saad
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005374:Filtration; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010209:Paper; D010358:Patient Participation
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose