Korean J Med.  2008 Feb;74(2):170-175.

Blood glucose analysis in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis with Icodextrin

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Meidicne, Konyang University, Daejeon, Korea. sungroyun@yahoo.com

Abstract

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Icodextrin (glucose polymer) is metabolized by a-amylase to oligosaccharides such as maltose and maltotriose. The presence of these metabolites could have an effect on the enzymatic glucose measurement especially the glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinolinequinone (GDH-PQQ) based method. Patients treated with icodextrin are at risk for inaccurate blood glucose measurements. In this study we measured the blood glucose with different methods and analyzed the results to determine the test accuracy.
METHODS
The blood glucose was measured, in seven outpatients and in seven inpatients using icodextrin, by the glucose hexokinase laboratory technique method as well as the GDH-PQQ method (Accu Chek Active)at the same time. To estimate an icodextrin residual effect, after discontinuing icodextin, the blood glucose was measured by the two methods after 48 hours in 4 inpatients.
RESULTS
In seven outpatients the blood glucose was overestimated by the Accu Chek Active method (mean difference 68 mg/dL, p value 0.012). In seven inpatients the mean difference in the glucose was 56 mg/dL at 6am, 52 mg/dL at 11am, 52 mg/dL at 4pm, and 50 mg/dL at 9pm by the two different methods. In the four inpatients after changing their dialysate, the mean difference in the glucose was 58 mg/dL after 10 hours, 45 mg/dL after 24 hours, 24 mg/dL after 34 hours, and 26 mg/dL after 48 hours.
CONCLUSION
Blood glucose was overestimated by the GDH-PQQ method and the inaccuracies were observed for more than 48 hours.

Keyword

Icodextrin; Hypoglycemia

MeSH Terms

Blood Glucose
Glucans
Glucose
Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase
Hexokinase
Humans
Hypoglycemia
Inpatients
Maltose
Oligosaccharides
Outpatients
Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
Trisaccharides
Blood Glucose
Glucans
Glucose
Glucose 1-Dehydrogenase
Hexokinase
Maltose
Oligosaccharides
Trisaccharides
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