Miniature mass spectrometers and their potential for clinical point-of-care analysis

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Mass spectrometry (MS) has become a powerful technique for clinical applications with high sensitivity and specificity. Different from conventional MS diagnosis in laboratory, point-of-care (POC) analyses in clinics require mass spectrometers and analytical procedures to be friendly for novice users and applicable for on-site clinical diagnosis. The recent decades have seen the progress in the development of miniature mass spectrometers, providing a promising solution for clinical POC applications. In this review, we report recent advances of miniature mass spectrometers and their exploration in clinical applications, mainly including the rapid analysis of illegal drugs, on-site monitoring of therapeutic drugs, and detection of biomarkers. With improved analytical performance, miniature mass spectrometers are also expected to apply to more and more clinical applications. Some promising POC analyses that can be performed by miniature mass spectrometers in the future are discussed. Lastly, we also provide our perspectives on the challenges in technical development of miniature mass spectrometers for clinical POC analysis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Mass spectrometry reviews - (2023) vom: 23. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhai, Yanbing [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Xinyan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical applications
Instrumentation
Journal Article
Miniature mass spectrometer
Point-of-care analysis
Review

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Date Revised 23.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1002/mas.21867

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361086040