Electrolyte-balanced heparin in blood gas syringes can introduce a significant bias in the measurement of positively charged electrolytes

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-252

  Van Berkel, Miranda ^a   Scharnhorst, Volkher ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

blood gas syringes; electrolyte balanced heparin; ionized calcium; potassium; pre analytical errors; sodium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; HEPARIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; SODIUM ION;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; SYRINGES;

EID: 79952076695     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.047     Document Type: Article

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