• Crit Care Resusc · Sep 2024

    Point-of-care creatinine vs. central laboratory creatinine in the critically ill.

    • Kyle C White, James McCullough, Kiran Shekar, Siva Senthuran, Kevin B Laupland, Goce Dimeski, Ary Serpa-Neto, Rinaldo Bellomo, and Queensland Critical Care Research Network (QCRCN).
    • Intensive Care Unit, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
    • Crit Care Resusc. 2024 Sep 1; 26 (3): 198203198-203.

    ObjectiveFrequent measurement of creatinine by point-of-care testing (POCT) may facilitate the earlier detection of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients. However, no robust data exist to confirm its equivalence to central laboratory testing. We aimed to conduct a multicenter study to compare POCT with central laboratory creatinine (CrC) measurement.DesignRetrospective observational study, using hospital electronic medical records. Obtained paired point-of-care creatinine (CrP) from arterial blood gas machines and CrC.SettingFour intensive care units in Queensland, Australia.ParticipantsCritically ill patients, where greater than 50% of POCT contained creatinine.Main Outcome MeasuresMean difference, bias, and limits of agreement between two methods, and biochemical confounders.ResultsWe studied 79,767 paired measurements in 19,118 patients, with a median Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation 3 score of 51. The mean CrC was 115.5 μmol/L (standard deviation: 100.2) compared to a CrP mean of 115 μmol/L (standard deviation: 100.7) (Pearson coefficient of 0.99). The mean difference between CrP and CrC was 0.49 μmol/L with 95% limits of agreement of -27 μmol/L and +28 μmol/L. Several biochemical variables were independently associated with the difference between tests (e.g., pH, potassium, lactate, glucose, and bilirubin), but their impact was small.ConclusionIn critically ill patients, measurement of creatinine by POCT yields clinically equivalent values to those obtained by central laboratory measurement and can be easily used for more frequent monitoring of kidney function in such patients. These findings open the door to the use of POCT for the earlier detection of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.© 2024 The Authors.

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