Conductrimetric Screening Test for Electrolytes EDDA BOESEN AND PATRICIA A. LOUD

In recent years the clinical significance of the electrolyte balance of the blood has become increasingly realized, and was the subject of a leader in the Lancet. This has also been stressed by other workers (Baumann, 1952; Black, 1953; Graham, 1954; Wynn and Rob, 1954). The following investigation was carried out with a view to finding whether a rapid screening test could be of practical clinical use in differentiating plasma with a normal electrolyte balance from that containing an abnormal electrolyte balance. If this were so, it would result in a saving of time and skilled labour, as only serum showing abnormal electrolyte values would require further analysis.