Why the study?
Do point-of-care devices (CardioChek, Accutrend GCT, Accutrend Plus) provide comparable lipid profile measurements to reference methods in ambulatory subjects?
Population
Ambulatory subjects providing blood samples
Comparison
Point-of-care lipid measurement using… vs Reference laboratory methods
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Accutrend devices may suit POC TC/TG screening; leaves open validation against reference methods before broader adoption.
Do point-of-care devices (CardioChek, Accutrend GCT, Accutrend Plus) provide comparable lipid profile measurements to reference methods in ambulatory subjects?
Accutrend devices are reliable for point-of-care total cholesterol and triglyceride screening, whereas CardioChek significantly overestimates total and LDL cholesterol.
Méndez‐González et al. (2010) studied this question.
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