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Coagulation Point-of-Care Testing

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2001
With PT point-of-care devices, further study is needed to fully evaluate the safety and efficacy regarding home self-monitoring of oral anticoagulant therapy. Point-of-care PTT testing is also undergoing evaluation. In contrast, the ACT is commonly in use, despite its limitations, at least partly because of the lack of a readily available, inexpensive ...
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Critical Care Glucose Point-of-Care Testing

2016
Maintaining blood glucose concentration within an acceptable range is a goal for patients with diabetes mellitus. Point-of-care glucose meters initially designed for home self-monitoring in patients with diabetes have been widely used in the hospital settings because of ease of use and quick reporting of blood glucose information.
S N, Narla, M, Jones, K L, Hermayer, Y, Zhu   +3 more
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Point of Care Testing in Critical Care

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 1999
POCT is rapidly expanding in today's critical care areas. Nurses need to be involved in the implementation and evaluation process of POCT at every step. Each institution must determine which bedside tests are indicated based on an in-depth analysis of test accuracy, positive clinical impact, and cost-benefit ratio.
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Point-of-care testing of proteins

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2009
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is a fast developing area in clinical diagnostics that is considered to be one of the main driving forces for the future in vitro diagnostic market. POCT means decentralized testing at the site of patient care. The most important POCT devices are handheld blood glucose sensors.
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Point of Care Test

International Journal of Livestock Research, 2015
India’s livestock sector is one of the largest in the world and plays an important role in economy of India. The major problem in health sector is diseases and the lack of rapid detection systems for their diagnosis. Treatment of a disease condition is based on the diagnosis of the etiology /cause; hence diagnosis plays a pivotal role in devising a ...
Ajay Yadav, Nihar Mohanty, Manu Mohan, Karam Chand, Sanchay Biswas, Kaushal Rajak   +5 more
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Point of Care Testing

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2011
Abstract There is growing concern across the world about the increasing burden and cost of health care services, as well as issues around quality and access. Some of these issues are thought to be due to poor communication between different parts of the service and between patient and caregiver. There is also a poor history of technological innovation,
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Point-of-care viscoelastic testing

BJA Education, 2022
M, Wells, M, Raja, S, Rahman
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Point of Care Testing

African Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2014
Traditionally, laboratory investigations of patients who report to health facilities are done in centrally localised laboratories. The blood sample has to be taken physically to the laboratories where there may be a long delay. The results which may be needed for urgent decision making and management of patients especially in the emergency situations ...
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Point-of-care testing.

Respiratory care clinics of North America, 1998
Point-of-care testing refers to testing outside of the central laboratory at or near the patient's bedside. The practice greatly decreases turnaround time for testing and has improved outcome and decreased length of stay in some patient groups. Advances in technology have made analyzers increasingly portable with expanded testing capacities while ...
B L, Smith, J S, Vender
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Point-of-Care Testing

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1995
P J, Santrach, M F, Burritt
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