iSTAT Comparison Study, IRB3785

University of Oklahoma (OU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pleural Effusions

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02208895

VAMC OKC (Other Identifier)

3785

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pleural fluid glucose levels measured with bed-side point of care methods such as finger stick glucometers and I-STAT device correlate with the traditional in-lab testing methods.

Full description

This is a prospective study which will identify patients in VAMC with a diagnosis of pleural effusion and undergoing diagnostic thoracentesis.The investigators plan to analyze the two bedside point-of-care fluid glucose testing methods (I- STAT device and finger stick glucometer) to measure pleural fluid glucose levels. The results obtained from these two methods will be compared to the traditionally in lab measured pleural fluid glucose levels.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any patient 18 to 99 year old with a diagnosis of pleural effusion and undergoing a diagnostic thoracentesis.

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to provide informed consent by the patient or the surrogate to enroll for the planned study.

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

iSTAT Study Group

Description:

Measure glucose of pleural fluid via glucometer, in the laboratory, and using the iSTAT device to see if the three methods give a similar reading or not.