Validity of non-invasive point-of-care hemoglobin estimation in healthy and sick children—a method comparison study

• Published in: European journal of pediatrics Vol. 175; no. 2; pp. 171 - 179
• Main Authors: Bhat, Aditya, Upadhyay, Amit, Jaiswal, Vijay, Chawla, Deepak, Singh, Dharamveer, Kumar, Mithilesh, Yadav, C. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adolescent; Anemia; Automation; Child; Child, Preschool; Critical Illness; Female; Hemoglobin; Hemoglobinometry - methods; Hemoglobins - analysis; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Methods; Nosocomial infections; Original Article; Oximetry - methods; Patients; Pediatrics; Point-of-Care Systems; Prospective Studies; Reproducibility of Results; Validity; India; SpHb; Shock; Point-of-care hemoglobin; Non-invasive hemoglobin; Anemia

This study was conducted at a tertiary care center in northern India to evaluate the validity of non-invasive transcutaneous hemoglobin estimation in healthy and sick children in comparison to hemoglobin estimation by traditional lab method. A method comparison study was conducted including 150 subj...