Clinical Significance - Abbott i-STAT 1 System Manual

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Analyte Some Causes of
Increased Values
Dehydration
Sodium
Diabetes insipidus
Salt poisoning
Skin losses
Hyperaldosteronism
CNS disorders
Renal glomerular disease
Potassium
Adrenocortical insufficiency
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Sepsis
In vitro hemolysis
Prolonged diarrhea
Chloride
Renal tubular disease
Hyperparathyroidism
Dehydration
Dehydration
Ionized
Calcium Hyperparathyroidism
Malignancies
Immobilization
Thiazide diuretics
Vitamin D intoxication
Impaired renal function
BUN
Prerenal azotemia (e.g. shock)
Postrenal azotemia
GI bleeding
High protein diet
Diabetes mellitus
Glucose
Pancreatitis
Endocrine disorders (e.g. Cushing's syndrome)
Drugs (e.g. steroids, thyrotoxicosis)
Chronic renal failure
Stress
IV glucose infusion
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Some Causes of
Decreased Values
Dilutional hyponatremia
(cirrhosis)
Depletional hyponatremia
Syndrome of inappropriate ADH
Renal tubular disease
Hyperaldosteronism
Treatment of DKA
Hyperinsulinism
Metabolic alkalosis
Diuretic therapy
Prolonged vomiting
Burns
Salt-losing renal disease
Overhydration
Thiazide therapy
Hypoparathyroidism
Early neonatal hypocalcemia
Chronic renal disease
Pancreatitis
Massive blood transfusions
Severe malnutrition
Pregnancy
Severe liver insufficiency
Overhydration
Malnutrition
Insulinoma
Adrenocortical insufficiency
Hypopituitarism/Massive liver
disease
Ethanol ingestion/Reactive
hypoglycemia
Glycogen storage disease