Perioperative Glucose Control in Neurosurgical Patients

Table 6

Capillary glucose monitoring with test strips: factors interfering with correct determination.

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(i) Factors overestimating the accurate value (false rise)

 Anemia

 Paracetamol

 Dopamine

 Mannitol

 Hyperuricemia

 Vitamin C

 Jaundice

 Immunoglobulins

(ii) Factors underestimating the accurate value (false drop)

 High hematocrit (polycythemia—COPD)

 Hypoperfusion

 Noradrenaline (high doses)

 Edema

 Hypoglycemia

 paO₂ > 100 mmHg

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