Chloride (Cl): What Affects The Test
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What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- The amount of water in your body. If you are dehydrated, your chloride level is increased and if you are overhydrated, your chloride level is decreased.
- Some medicines, such as corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), estrogens, male hormones (androgens), some blood pressure medicines, cholestyramine (such as Questran), and some "water pills" (diuretics).
- Failing to collect exactly 24 hours of urine during a 24-hour urine test for chloride.
| Last updated: | April 17, 2008 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Brian D. O'Brien, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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