An investigation of enzymatic creatinine interference in a patient receiving dopamine and dobutamine.

CONCLUSION: Providers should be aware of erroneously low creatinine results when administering catecholamine drugs and collecting specimens through the same catheter. The mechanism of specimen contamination is consistent with a siphoning effect from one lumen to the other during collection with the infusion pumps still running. PMID: 31398309 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research