Apparent elevated creatinine after ingestion of nitromethane: Interference with the jaffe reaction

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Killorn, Erin ^a   Lim, Rodrick K ^a   Rieder, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; creatinine; ingestions; Jaffe reaction; nitromethane

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; NITROMETHANE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM OSMOLALITY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FUEL OILS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; METHANE; NITROPARAFFINS;

EID: 78751655625     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181fe7e52     Document Type: Article

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