title: Accuracy of glucose reflectance testing for detecting hypoglycemia in term newborns.
abstract: Glucose concentrations of 248 newborns at 1 and 3 hours of age were determined at the bedside by means of the Accu-Chek III Reflectance meter and in the laboratory by means of the Vitros 750 analyzer. Hypoglycemia being defined as a glucose concentration less than 40 mg/dL, the reflectance meter had a sensitivity of 0.757 and a specificity of 0.876 at 1 hour and 0.975 at 3 hours. The imprecision of the reflectance meter at 1 hour eliminated it as a routine testing method.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meloy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Summitt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gutcher
mesh_terms: D005865:Gestational Age; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn