Sorted By Test Name - Mayo Medical Laboratories

CLFT
60028
CLBF
8470
CLF
8467
as high as 80 mcg/mL may be observed in aggressive therapy with chlordiazepoxide for treatment of
delirium tremens.
Clinical References: 1. Judd LL: The therapeutic use of psychotropic medications: antianxiety or
anxiolytic medications. In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 12th edition. Edited by JD Wilson,
E Braunwald, KJ Isselbacher, et al. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1991, pp 2143-2144 2.
Scharf MB, Khosla N, Brocker N, Goff P: Differential amnestic properties of short- and long-acting
benzodiazepines. J Clin Psychiatry 1984;45:51-53
Chloride, 24 Hour, Feces
Clinical Information: Chloride is normally co-transported with sodium from the small intestine into
the vascular spaces; chloride is highly conserved by this process. Fecal chloride concentration usually
represents a very small fraction of fecal osmolality. Carbonate, sulfate, carbohydrate, and bile acids are
the predominant anions present in fecal water. Fecal chloride concentration is not proportional to serum
chloride content.
Useful For: Diagnosis of congenital hypochloremic alkalosis with chloridorrhea
Interpretation: Normal fecal chloride concentration is