[HemoCue: preliminary considerations about its use in hemodialysis].
HemoCue Hb 201+ is a portable photometric analyser providing easy, rapid and accurate determination of hemoglobin from arterial, venous or capillary blood. It is worth that dialysis units have knowledge of its use for a close hematologic monitoring of their patients and a judicious management of erythropoietin (EPO). For the autodialysis <<out hospital>> centers, it allows a flexibility that private laboratories cannot have in daily practice. Therefore authors present this device and the evaluation they obtained from 148 hemoglobin measures. Then they expose the advantages and the indications of its use.
Montagnac
Richard
R
Service de néphrologie-hémodialyse, centre hospitalier de Troyes, 10003 Troyes cedex, France. richard.montagnac@ch-troyes.fr
Vitry
Fabien
F
Rehn
Yves
Y
Cottey
Monique
M
Schillinger
Francis
F
D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D006454:Hemoglobins; D004921:Erythropoietin