Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
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There have been an increasing number of reports on false increase of lactate in ethylene glycol poisoning. We recently encountered two cases of ethylene glycol poisoning with very high blood lactate concentrations on ABL blood gas analyzers. ⋯ False increase of blood lactate by blood gas analyzers may occur but true increase of lactate can also be observed in ethylene glycol poisoning. Elevated lactate concentrations on blood gas analyzers should be confirmed by a chemistry analyzer in the differential diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning.
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Increased cytokine and chemokine levels are associated with cardiovascular events in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS), but the incremental prognostic value of these inflammatory markers is not known. We determined if cytokine and chemokine assessment adds prognostic information to the GRACE Score in patients with ACS. ⋯ Cytokines and chemokines measured at admission add prognostic information to the GRACE Score in patients admitted with ACS.