BACKGROUND: The most clinically useful blood ketone in the diagnosis, management, and recovery of diabetes ketoacidosis in both adults and children is 3-hydroxybutyrate. In the absence of laboratory routine methods, several point-of-care methods are in use, but very few clinical evaluations are published. METHODS: This study evaluates linearity and reproducibility of two handheld point-of-care meters for blood 3-hydroxybutyrate measurement for hospital use, Nova StatStrip, and FreeStyle Precision Pro. Whole blood from healthy volunteers was spiked with different concentrations of a 3-hydroxybutyrate solution and tested on the point-of-care instruments. The results were compared with plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate that was analyzed with a laboratory enzymatic end point spectrophotometric reference method. RESULTS: Blood 3-hydroxybutyrate on StatStrip was linear with the reference method up to approximately 4 mmol/L, and FreeStyle was linear up to 6 mmol/L. At higher concentrations, the point-of-care instruments gave falsely too low results, especially the StatStrip meter. The FreeStyle meter had better precision and less bias than StatStrip. CONCLUSION: In the acute setting of diabetes ketoacidosis, blood 3-hydroxybutyrate in the higher ranges should be interpreted with caution as the point-of-care meters are less accurate there.
BACKGROUND: The most clinically useful blood ketone in the diagnosis, management, and recovery of diabetes ketoacidosis in both adults and children is 3-hydroxybutyrate. In the absence of laboratory routine methods, several point-of-care methods are in use, but very few clinical evaluations are published. METHODS: This study evaluates linearity and reproducibility of two handheld point-of-care meters for blood 3-hydroxybutyrate measurement for hospital use, Nova StatStrip, and FreeStyle Precision Pro. Whole blood from healthy volunteers was spiked with different concentrations of a 3-hydroxybutyrate solution and tested on the point-of-care instruments. The results were compared with plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate that was analyzed with a laboratory enzymatic end point spectrophotometric reference method. RESULTS: Blood 3-hydroxybutyrate on StatStrip was linear with the reference method up to approximately 4 mmol/L, and FreeStyle was linear up to 6 mmol/L. At higher concentrations, the point-of-care instruments gave falsely too low results, especially the StatStrip meter. The FreeStyle meter had better precision and less bias than StatStrip. CONCLUSION: In the acute setting of diabetes ketoacidosis, blood 3-hydroxybutyrate in the higher ranges should be interpreted with caution as the point-of-care meters are less accurate there.
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