To compare the sodium and potassium values on a simple, faster handheld device with that of a central lab machine -which is time-consuming, to identify any abnormal values and decide on quick treatment on patients coming to the emergency department

Comparison of the point-of-care blood gas analyzer (ABG) versus the laboratory auto-analyzer (AA) for the measurement of electrolytes (Na+ and K+) in emergency department

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN11776777

Enrollment

200

Registered

2018-06-06

Start date

2016-06-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-04-29

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Conditions

Emergency medicine Not Applicable Emergency medicine

Interventions

This prospective observational study with a sample size of 200 study is conducted in NH-Multispecialty Hospital, Bangalore, India, in the emergency department. 200 consecutive patients with paired (2)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age above 18 years of either sex. 2. Patients presenting to ED with: 2.1. Unresponsiveness, with cardiac arrest without brain death 2.2. Hypovolemia 2.3. Patient in any form of shock: Hypovolumeic , Cardiogenic , Distributive , Septic 2.4. Anticipated sepsis and septic shock 2.5. Acute altered mental status 2.6. Acute respiratory distress 2.7. ACS 2.8. Cardiac rhythm disturbances 2.9. Seizures 2.10. CVA 2.11. Symptomatic patient with drug overdose 2.12. Poisoning – unknown compound/known 2.13. Abnormal blood sugar levels RBS 250 mg% or high unrecordable/low unrecordable blood sugars, by digital glucometers using capillary finger prick RBS. 2.14. Encephalopathies 2.15. Cardiac failure 2.16. AKI/CKD with acute symptoms

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Less than 18 years of age 2. Burns patients

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Sodium (Na+) and Potassium (K+) levels are measured from blood samples using a handheld arterial blood gas analyzer (ABG) and the central lab autoanalyzer at the time of sample, to compare the accuracy of results.	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactTalha Hussain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026