Perianaesthetic blood glucose measurement; evaluation of a rapid method

This study has been planned to evaluate the accuracy of glucometer [Accutrend]. Fourty blood glucose measurements were randomly included in this study. Patients were anaesthetized by different techniques. Blood glucose concentration was measured by both glucometer and the st and ard laboratory glucose-oxidase method [Beckman Autoanalyser]. From the results of this study, blood glucose values measured by glucometer [Accutrend] are always lower than those measured by the st and ard lab glucose oxidase method and the calculated bias value was 17.6 +/- 51.8 and the limits of agreement were wide ranging from 121.2 to -86mg dL-1 which are unaccepted for clinical purposes