title: Evaluation of the Corning 940 Calcium Titator for use with serum and urine.
abstract: The Corning 940 Titrator, which measures total calcium concentration by titration with [ethylenebis(oxyethylenenitrilo)]tetraacetic acid, was evaluated for use in hospital laboratory. Calcium values for patients' sera were about 0.3 mg/dl lower as measured with the Titrator than with the Technicon SMA 12/60 continuous-flow analyzer. A similar bias was evident when the results with the Titrator were compared with those from atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Agreement was better in the low range and worse in the high range. Within-day and between-day coefficients of variation on the Titrator were about 1.5% and 2.5%, respectively. We saw no interference from magnesium, phosphorus, bilirubin, or in the presence of lipemia. At extremely increased hemoglobin concentrations (500 mg/dl), there is a 5% inhibition. Titrator results for patients' urine samples correlated closely (n = 0.999) with those obtained with the SMA 12/60.
mesh_terms: D001322:Autoanalysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008274:Magnesium; D008722:Methods; D010758:Phosphorus; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010758:Phosphorus; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium