Artifactual elevation of measured plasma L-lactate concentration in the presence of glycolate

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2177-2179

  Morgan, Thomas J ^a   Clark, Christopher ^b   Clague, Alan ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analyzer; Ethylene glycol; Glycolate; Interference; L lactate; L lactate oxidase

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; OXALIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMIC ACIDS; GLYCOLATES; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LACTIC ACID; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXALIC ACID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032707166     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199910000-00017     Document Type: Article

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