Abstract
Objective
To compare the accuracy of cord blood lactate measurement using gas analyzer and portable devices in order to assess possibility of implementation of these devices in clinical practice.
Methods
We performed a prospective observational study using 30 umbilical cord samples which were obtained immediately after birth. Portable electrochemical devices Lactate Scout (SensLab GmbH, Leipzig, Germany) and StatStrip Lactate (NOVA Biomedical, Waltham, MA, USA) were used to determine lactate level. A gas analyzer ABL800 FLEX (Radiometer Medical ApS, Brønshøj-Husum, Denmark) was used as a reference. Base excess (BE), pH, partial oxygen (pO2) and carbon dioxide (pCO2) pressure, hemoglobin (ctHb) and bilirubin (ctBl) levels were measured.
Results
The mean umbilical cord blood lactate level determined by the gas analyzer was 5.85 ± 2.66 mmol/L (ranging from 1.4 mmol/L to 13.4 mmol/L). Lactate level estimated by Lactate Scout was 5.66 ± 2.65 mmol/L and did not significantly differ from the reference method level (P = 0.2547). The mean lactate level determined by StatStrip Lactate was significantly lower than by the gas analyzer – 4.81 ± 2.38 mmol/L (P < 0.0001). Umbilical cord blood pH, BE, pO2 and pCO2, ctHb and ctBl levels did not affect the accuracy of the lactate measurement in absolute units (mmol/L).
Conclusion
Umbilical cord blood lactate level measured by StatStrip Lactate was lower than estimated by the ABL800 FLEX gas analyzer. This shows the necessity to develop decision-making reference points separately for each device. Umbilical cord blood pH, BE, pO2 and pCO2, ctHb and ctBl levels did not affect the accuracy of measurements by electrochemical portable devices.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: State assignment “Modern Aspects of Diagnosis of the Fetal State in Births”.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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