<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has rapidly increased over the last decades, reaching epidemic magnitudes, particularly in lowand middle-income countries. Point-of-care (POC) technology enables decision making near or at the site of patient care. Portable blood glucose meters and HbA1c testing are used by the healthcare provider and millions of patients with diabetes to monitor the safety and effectiveness of the diabetes treatment. However, POC capillary blood glucose and POC HbA1c testing are not recommended for diabetes diagnosis. Rather, they have been used for screening diabetes in lowand middle-income countries to decrease the disease burden.</p></abstract>

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has rapidly increased over the last decades, reaching epidemic magnitudes, particularly in lowand middle-income countries. Point-of-care (POC) technology enables decision making near or at the site of patient care. Portable blood glucose meters and HbA1c testing are used by the healthcare provider and millions of patients with diabetes to monitor the safety and effectiveness of the diabetes treatment. However, POC capillary blood glucose and POC HbA1c testing are not recommended for diabetes diagnosis. Rather, they have been used for screening diabetes in lowand middle-income countries to decrease the disease burden.

Point-of-care testing in diabetes management

University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj-Napoca

University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”

Clinical Center of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator

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The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has rapidly increased over the last decades, reaching epidemic magnitudes, particularly in lowand middle-income...

Point-of-care testing in diabetes management

Published Online: May 02, 2019

Page range: 125 - 135

Received: Nov 08, 2018

Accepted: Jan 28, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2019-0014

Keywords
point-of-care, advanced medicine, monitoring systems, bedside testing

© 2019 Angela Cozma et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Point-of-care testing in diabetes management

Published Online: May 02, 2019

Page range: 125 - 135

Received: Nov 08, 2018

Accepted: Jan 28, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2019-0014

Keywordspoint-of-care, advanced medicine, monitoring systems, bedside testing

© 2019 Angela Cozma et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
point-of-care, advanced medicine, monitoring systems, bedside testing