Journal
ACS SENSORS
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 1287-1294Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b02218
Keywords
paper-based device; lithium ion; whole blood analysis; point-of-care testing; colorimetry
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- [18J20882]
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Lithium carbonate is an effective medicine for the treatment of the bipolar disorder, but the concentration of lithium in the patient's blood must be frequently monitored because of its toxicity. To date, no colorimetric methods of lithium ion detection in whole blood without pretreatment have been reported. Here, we report a colorimetric paper-based device that allows point-of-care testing in one step. This device is composed of two paper-based elements linked to each other: a blood cell separation unit and a colorimetric detection unit. After a portion of whole blood has been placed on the end of the separation unit, plasma in the sample is automatically transported to the detection unit, which displays a diagnostic color. The key feature of this device is its simple, user-friendly operation. The limit of detection is 0.054 mM and the coefficient of variance is below 6.1%, which are comparable to those of conventional instruments using the same colorimetric reaction. Furthermore, we achieved high recovery (>90%) and reproducibility (<9.8%) with spiked human blood samples. Thus, the presented device provides an alternative method for the regular monitoring of lithium concentrations in the treatment of bipolar disorder by augmenting the coefficient of variation (maximum value, 6.1%).
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