Kidney monitoring at the point-of-care Point-of-Care Capillary Blood Creatinine: A Prospective study in Cardiology and Nephrology Outpatients. This new study shows the ability of the point-of-care Nova StatSensor Creatinine analyzer to diagnose kidney failure in cardionephrology outpatients undergoing radiologic procedures using iodinated contrast agents. They concluded that the “Rapid Point-of Care Capillary creatinine test is …
Ionized magnesium An often overlooked risk for dialysis patients. Magnesium is not only a calcium channel blocker/-antagonist, it also has an essential role in numerous other metabolic processes and is the CO factor of over 300 enzymes as well. In the human body, magnesium is predominantly in the bones, muscles and tissue, only 0.5% is …
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Benefits of using a Multitest-Analyzer for monitoring mammalian suspension cultures In order to achieve maximized growth rates and productivity, it does make sense to constantly monitor several parameters. Besides key parameters like pH and Glucose these are amongst others CO2 and O2 saturations. Excess CO2 can increase the acidity of your culture, while hyperoxia can …
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Ionized Magnesium Critical test for ICU Patients and patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Magnesium, in its ionized form, is essential for life and is present in every cell type and organism. Magnesium is a Calcium channel blocker/antagonist. It blocks ionized Calcium from entering intracellular space. Both ionized Magnesium and ionized Calcium are almost entirely (95-99%) …
Diabetic Keto Acidosis (DKA) A life-threatening complication of poorly controlled type 1 and occasionally type 2 diabetes. DKA is found in 65% of patients under 19-years old, it affects up to 40% of children at first diagnosis and 1,5% to 8% of diabetic children per year thereafter. It is the leading cause of death among …
Lactate from Fetal Scalp samples Assessing fetal distress during labor. Fetal scalp blood testing is used in obstetrics during labor, to confirm if the fetal oxygenation is sufficient. A capillary blood sample can be taken from the baby´s scalp. Traditionally pH measurements were made during Fetal Scalp testing but recently with advances in Lactate testing …
Lactate – An import marker for sepsis detection. Recognition and treatment of sepsis has become both a worldwide critical care priority and quality indicator for some healthcare systems. In recent years, blood lactate gained wide acceptance as an early indicator in the diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock and is useful in evaluating response to …
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Correct preanalytics The most important measures to avoid preanalytical errors. Generally, when measuring body fluids, the existing state of the fluid should be fed into the analytical process as unchanged as possible. Up to 75% of all problems that lead to incorrect measurement results can be attributed to poor preanalytical technique. However, in practice, …
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Blood Urea Nitrogen and Creatinine Key Indicators of Renal Health. When combining these two tests Clinicians can reliably gauge the renal health of their patients. It is important to measure both BUN and creatinine when diagnosing Acute Kidney Injury. For ICU patients – accurate and fast BUN and Creatinine testing is the key to diagnosis …
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Immunoassay Everything you need to know about the definiton and functionality of immunoassays. An immunoassay is a bioanalytical method which uses the binding specificity of an antigen-antibody reaction to measure the presence or concentration of an analyte in a biological sample. Immunoassays are used in clinical laboratories and for a number of different analyte measurements. …