Authors
Lauren M. Moore, PhD
Clinical Chemistry Fellow
Patrick Erdman, DO
Assistant Attending, Clinical Chemistry Service
Lakshmi V. Ramanathan, PhD
Chief, Clinical Chemistry Service
Laboratory Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York
Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants, Laboratory Directors and Educators
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the ion-selective electrode method for chloride determination;
- identify common interferences in the ion-selective electrode method for chloride determination;
- diagnose bromism based on clinical symptoms and critical laboratory results;
- communicate treatment options for bromide toxicity; and
- compute an anion gap and identify causes of a low or negative anion gap.