Mucosa labial como sítio alternativo para monitoração da glicemia de felinos domésticos no transcirúrgico.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical value and accuracy of blood glucose (BG) measurements measured with a glucometer compared to the gold standard Trinder’s test for BG (enzimatic colorimetric method) in blood samples obtained from the labial mucosa as an alternative to sampling obtained from peripheral blood and auricular pines in feline species in the trans-surgical. Blood samples were collected from 32 healthy cats, where mean glycemic values showed no significant difference between different sampling sites and methods (P=0.2738). BG obtained from labial mucosa exhibited a high correlation with the BG from colorimetric enzymatic assay (r=0.70, p=<0.0001), as well as with the venous and pinna auricular BG measured by glucometer (r=0.88, p=<0.0001 e r=0.89, p=<0.0001, respectively). Otherwise, values obtained fit perfectly within the clinically acceptable intervals by Parkes’ error grid analysis (94% in zone A). Labial mucosa proved to be effective as a sampling site to measured BG and, therefore, a viable alternative for the monitoring BG in transsurgical in felines.