Chloride
| Chloride | |
| Cl-, CHL, U+E | |
| Serum (brown), Plasma (orange) | |
| 8hrs | |
| Chloride is the principle anion in plasma. Its measurement is useful in the differential diagnosis of fluid balance disorders, and may be useful in the differential diagnosis of acid-base balance via the estimation of an anion gap | |
| Method may be affected by high concentrations of insoluble protein (e.g. multiple myeloma, hypertriglyceridaemia) See information on pseudohyponatrraemia |
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| 95-108 mmol/L | |
| Analytical error [1] | 2.6% |
| Reference change value [1] | 7.8% |
