{"title":"[Enzyme spectrophotometry determination of sodium, potassium and chloride ions in serum and urine].","authors":"M N Berry, R D Mazzachi, M J Peake","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The principles and main features of enzymatic methods for the measurement of sodium, potassium, and chloride are reviewed and their performance compared with current procedures. Each method makes use of a relatively specific enzyme, catalysing a reaction whose rate is sensitive to the ion to be determined. Where the (S)0.5 of the enzyme for the ion is much lower than the assay concentration, the ion concentration may be reduced by a binding agent. Alternatively, a competitive inhibitor may be used to raise the (S)0.5 of the enzyme. In the case of chloride determination with amylase the (S)0.5 of the enzyme is raised by limiting the concentration of free calcium. In the measurement of potassium, interfering ions such as sodium are removed by binding with Kryptofix 221 and improvement in performance is also achieved by use of a bacterial pyruvate kinase less sensitive to sodium. The enzymatic methods are applicable to measurement of sodium, potassium and chloride in blood or urine with good precision, accuracy, and specificity. They can be used on mechanized or manual instruments. There appears to be minimal interferences from compounds found in normal or pathological serum or urine.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"192 ","pages":"5-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12673393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Alarm plan BLUE--a concept for managing mass emergencies in emergency ambulatory care of the new Vienna general hospital].","authors":"T F Berr, G Meron, W Hödl, A N Laggner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"194 ","pages":"10-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12462239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practical aspects of monitoring cardiac drugs in the blood.","authors":"H Wieland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various factors known to affect digoxin blood values are discussed in the present review. A reduction as well as an increase in digoxin levels may be due to the method employed, to errors in the preanalytical phase, to peculiarities of the patient, to diseases or to the administration of drugs. Increased digoxin concentrations above the therapeutic range are much more common than manifestations of digoxin intoxication. However, geriatric patients are specially sensitive to intoxication. Attention has to be paid to digoxin-like immunoreactive factors (DLIF) being synthesized under certain physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions which cause falsely elevated values in digoxin-immunoassays. The determination of digoxin levels is indicated in suspected intoxication or hypersensitivity to digoxin, in patients with pacemakers or those receiving certain drugs, in old people and in patients suffering from any concomitant disease. The time of blood collection has to be carefully controlled in order to determine digoxin concentrations of diagnostic value, the physical activity of the patient being a main influencing factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"191 ","pages":"48-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12678488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Klein, M J Castiñeiras, W Collinsworth, A Courbe, M Delavenne, E Hänseler, D Hannak, P Kaspar, R Kattermann, A Knoke
{"title":"Results of the multicenter evaluation of the CEDIA Theophylline assay.","authors":"G Klein, M J Castiñeiras, W Collinsworth, A Courbe, M Delavenne, E Hänseler, D Hannak, P Kaspar, R Kattermann, A Knoke","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report on the results of the multicenter evaluation of the CEDIA Theophylline assay on Boehringer Mannheim/Hitachi analyzers in 15 clinical laboratories in Europe and U.S.A. Main items of investigation were imprecision, recovery of control sera, interlaboratory survey and method comparisons using patient samples. Imprecision was found to be comparable to other routine methods. An advantage of the CEDIA assay can be seen in the good interlaboratory transferability of results. The new test has been shown to measure very accurately particularly by comparison with HPLC procedures revealing highly correspondent results. The reagent can be used up to one month using multiple recalibration. Due to its high practicability and reliability the CEDIA Theophylline assay can be recommended as a very suitable routine method for therapeutic drug monitoring on random access analyzers like Boehringer Mannheim/Hitachi analysis systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"191 ","pages":"31-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12679266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Extreme results in electrolyte determination].","authors":"W Vogt, B Oesterle","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Besides statistical quality control, quality control based on patient specimens is an important tool for quality enhancement and thus for an increased diagnostic certainty in laboratory medicine. One of three possibilities of plausibility judgement is the control of extreme results, that is alert and absurd value check. The aim of our study was to look for extremely high or low findings of the most frequently examined clinical-chemical parameters, to scrutinize their validity according to clearly defined criteria and to find out the underlying actual clinical situations and diseases. In this publication only the results for the electrolytes are discussed. Retrospectively the most extreme values of all results for serum sodium, potassium and chloride concentrations of a 21-month interval were extracted in a large university hospital. The clinical situation was then evaluated by reading the medical reports of these patients. The validity of the findings was judged by previously defined criteria and rated as confirmed, questionable and not confirmed. In all cases the survival time was determined. The most extreme confirmed results were for sodium 191 and 100 mmol/l, for potassium 9.0 and 1.3 mmol/l and for chloride 138 and 65 mmol/l. All these findings were compatible with life, at least for several hours. Even if it is probably impossible to give generally valid extreme ranges. Nevertheless our results should certainly have practical importance in absurd and alert value check.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"192 ","pages":"21-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12672062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Determination of electrolytes in serum and plasma].","authors":"W R Külpmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In clinical chemistry two different quantities are determined for electrolytes: 1) Electrolyte concentration (total) in serum (S) e.g. S-sodium (mmol/l), S-calcium (mmol/l). 2) Electrolyte concentration (ionized) in serum water [S(W)] e.g. S(W)-sodium, ionized (mmol/kg), S(W)-calcium, ionized (mmol/kg) ad 1) For the determination of the electrolyte concentration in serum, various methods are used: Sodium, potassium: Flame atomic emission spectrometry, ion-selective electrodes after dilution of the sample, enzymatic methods; Chloride: Coulometry, absorption spectrometry after chemical reaction, enzymatic method; Calcium, magnesium: Flame atomic absorption spectrometry, flame atomic emission spectrometry (calcium), absorption spectrometry after chemical reaction, enzymatic method (magnesium). A safe and unambiguous medical interpretation of sodium and chloride ion concentration in serum is not possible without knowledge of the water concentration or of the lipid and protein concentration of the individual sample. The same holds true--even though for some other reasons--for calcium concentration in whole serum. The reference intervals of the pertinent ions are valid only for samples, which are \"normal\" with respect to the size of the electrolyte-free compartment and--depending on the method--the amount of complex-binding ions. ad 2) For the determination of the concentration of the \"ionized\" or \"free\" fraction of sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium in serum water (or the extracellular water phase of whole blood) the following method is only applicable: Ion selective electrode without dilution of the sample. A save medical interpretation of the ionized electrolyte concentration in serum water is possible without knowledge of the water concentration of the individual sample, because these quantities are independent from the size of the electrolyte-free compartment.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"192 ","pages":"37-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12673392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Horn, P Haux, R Kattermann, M Oellerich, A Knoke, R Sommer, A Weissmann, M Vockenhuber, D Clark, R H Ng
{"title":"Results of the multicenter evaluation of the CEDIA cortisol assay.","authors":"K Horn, P Haux, R Kattermann, M Oellerich, A Knoke, R Sommer, A Weissmann, M Vockenhuber, D Clark, R H Ng","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present paper describes the multicenter evaluation of the CEDIA Cortisol test for total cortisol. The observed linearity of the test was between 1.2 and 50 micrograms/dL cortisol. The limit of detection was calculated as 1.2/dL. Imprecision studies covering the diagnostically relevant range (5-20 micrograms/dL cortisol) yielded coefficients of variation between 1.7-8.9% (within-run) and 2.7-10.5% (between-day). An interlaboratory survey using 41 human samples and three control sera demonstrated that the new CEDIA Cortisol assay has a good interlaboratory transferability. Method comparison studies between the CEDIA Cortisol test and EIA, FIA, FPIA, and various RIAs yielded an acceptable level of agreement and concordant results in most cases. Low cross-reactivity of the antibody used in the new cortisol assay was observed with precursors or metabolites of cortisol. Especially, dexamethasone did not cross-react. However, prednisolone, 6-methylprednisone, and corticosterone showed cross-reactivities. No limitation by endogenous interferences was observed. The CEDIA Cortisol assay permits the precise, fast and sufficiently specific determination of cortisol. Furthermore, it offers the advantages of a non-radioactive assay and can be performed conveniently on Boehringer Mannheim/Hitachi analyzers in combination with routine clinical chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"191 ","pages":"80-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12678403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Klein, W Collinsworth, A Courbe, X Fuentes-Arderiu, J Graham, E Hänseler, D Hannak, R Kattermann, A Knoke, P Lehmann
{"title":"Results of the multicenter evaluation of the CEDIA Phenytoin assay.","authors":"G Klein, W Collinsworth, A Courbe, X Fuentes-Arderiu, J Graham, E Hänseler, D Hannak, R Kattermann, A Knoke, P Lehmann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thirteen clinical evaluation sites in Europe and U.S.A. investigated the CEDIA Phenytoin assay on Boehringer Mannheim/Hitachi analyzers with respect to imprecision, recovery of control sera, interlaboratory survey, linearity and method comparisons using patient samples. The linear dose-response relationship up to 40 micrograms/mL was confirmed by all participants. Imprecision at therapeutic analyte concentrations equalled that of other routine methods. Recovery of controls was found in a +/- 6% range for target values assigned by the CEDIA assay. The good interlaboratory transferability of the CEDIA assay was confirmed with control material and human samples. The reconstituted reagent can be used up to one month using weekly recalibration. In method comparison studies good correlations to other routine methods were obtained. Results in analyte-free human sera did not deviate systematically from the zero-point. Thus, the accuracy in patient sera has been shown for the CEDIA Phenytoin assay.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"191 ","pages":"38-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12678486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetic dose prediction methods.","authors":"M Oellerich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Therapeutic drug monitoring is recommended in suspected drug overdosage, in cases of therapeutic failure, in the establishment of regimens in patients with altered pharmacokinetics and in patients with unknown previous medications. Pharmacokinetic dose prediction methods have been developed allowing individual dosage adaptation. As examples, the three-point method of Sawchuk and the Bayesian technique are described. Drug concentrations could be predicted with sufficient accuracy by use of the three-point method in critically ill patients treated with aminoglycosides or flucytosine. Bayesian forecasting proved to be useful in predicting the nocturnal concentration curves in patients with asthma treated with a sustained-release preparation of theophylline for once-daily dosage. The efficiency of drug treatment can be considerably improved by monitoring serum drug concentrations and individualizing dosage using pharmacokinetic methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"191 ","pages":"12-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12679260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic drug monitoring for the 1990s: meeting the laboratory needs of a changing environment.","authors":"A H Wu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The need for monitoring serum and plasma concentrations for therapeutic drugs given to hospitalized and outpatients will continue to growth during the next few years, both in terms of the number of tests ordered each year and the number of different drugs that are monitored. The clinical laboratory will play an important role in implementing and maintaining accurate, cost-effective drug monitoring and treatment programs. To meet changing needs, further development and evaluation of automated analytical assays will be necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":76822,"journal":{"name":"Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"191 ","pages":"19-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12679262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}