Open AccessAgreement of Arterial Sodium and Arterial Potassium Levels with Venous Sodium and Venous Potassium in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
Saurav Narayan Nanda,
Lopamudra Ray,
Asha Dinakaran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12418.5602
Subject(s) - potassium , sodium , medicine , venous blood , arterial blood , anesthesia , electrolyte , cardiology , chemistry , organic chemistry , electrode
Electrolyte abnormalities are one of the common causes of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. The turnaround time for electrolyte reporting should be as low as possible. Electrolytes are measured conventionally in serum obtained from venous blood by electrolyte analyser which takes 20 to 30 min. Point of care analysers are now available where in electrolytes can be measured in arterial blood within 5 min. This study was done to study the agreement of arterial sodium and arterial potassium with venous sodium and venous potassium levels.