Chloride (ISE) (s) (Serum (s))

Testcode:	E_CL
Specimens:	1 ml Serum (s)
Method:	Ion selective electrode
Dimension:	mmol/l
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	1 day
Indication/Significance:	The determination of chloride is contra-indicated for initial examinations or within the scope of routine blood tests. Gastric fluid loss due to vomiting, diarrhoea, gastric tubes Treatment with diuretics (especially furosemide, etacrynic acid) Suspected Bartter's syndrome with metabolic alkalosis, hyperaldosteronism, elevated renin levels, hypokaliaemia Cushing's syndrome, ACTH-producing tumours Acidosis with renal insufficiency, renal tubular acidoses Increased alkali intake (e.g. milk) Pulmonary insufficiency with hypercapnia With metabolic acidosis for the calculation of the anion gap
Interpretation:	Increased in the case more… Increased in the case of: Renal tubular acidoses Chronic hyperventilation Progressive renal insufficiency Decreased in the case of: Intestinal chloride losses due to vomiting, diarrhoea, gastric tubes Treatment with diuretics (especially furosemide, etacrynic acid) Bartter's syndrome Hyperaldosteronism, Cushing's syndrome, ACTH-producing tumours Increased alkali intake (e.g. milk) Pulmonary insufficiency with chronic hypercapnia close
Further tests:	Sodium in the serum

both sex
	98 - 109 mmol/l