The Interpretation of Plasma Electrolytes

Blood gases, electrolytes and interpretation 2. Electrolytes

Obtaining and interpreting blood gases and electrolytes is fundamental to the management of many critically ill veterinary patients. Metabolic and electrolyte alterations are common, and can lead to profound clinical signs affecting many organs (including the heart, skeletal muscle, intestines and the lungs); when severe, death can ensue. This is the second of two articles describing the interp...

Interpretation of Urine Electrolytes and Osmolality

A. S. Reddi, Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-9083-8_2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 Measurement of urine Na + , Cl − , and K + is rather common in hospitalized patients, and these urine electrolytes are useful in the diagnostic evaluation of volume status, hyponatremia , acute kidney injury (AKI) , metabolic alkalosis, hypokalemia and urine ...

Precision of plasma urea and electrolytes estimated by the AutoAnalyzer.

The precision of sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate analyses carried out by the AutoAnalyzer has been studied under routine laboratory conditions. From the results it is concluded that a further increase in precision is desirable.

The Accumulation of Electrolytes Vii. Organic Electrolytes

I t has been suggested that potassium may enter Valonia chiefly as KOH which reacts with an organic acid HA in the sap to form KA, after which A is exchanged for chloride so that potassium accumulates as'KC1. This is not contradicted by any known facts and it is supported by a variety of evidence; inasmuch as this has recently been discussed I it need not be cited here. Other cations may act si...

Effect of potassium on electrolytes of rat plasma and muscle.