This test is performed when symptoms of a sodium imbalance are present or when disorders associated with abnormal sodium levels develop. Sodium (Na+) is the primary positive ion in the fluids outside cells. The sodium concentration inside cells is only about five mEq\/L compared with 140 mEq\/L outside. The sodium content of the blood results from a balance between the amount of food and beverages you consume and the amount your kidneys excrete. (In addition, a small percentage is lost through stool and sweat.) Many factors affect sodium levels, including the steroid hormone aldosterone, which decreases the loss of sodium in the urine. ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Protein) is a hormone secreted from the heart that increases sodium loss in the body.<\/p>\n
Despite the integral relationship between sodium and water, the body regulates them independent of each other if necessary. Potassium (K+) is the primary positive ion within cells and is particularly important for maintaining the electric charge on the cell membrane. This charge allows nerves and muscles to communicate and is necessary for transporting nutrients into cells and waste products out of the cell. The potassium concentration inside cells is about 30 times that in the blood and other fluids outside of cells. The steroid hormone aldosterone mainly controls potassium levels. Aldosterone is secreted from the adrenal gland when levels of potassium increase. Aldosterone, in turn, causes the body to rid itself of excess potassium. Metabolic acidosis (for example, caused by uncontrolled diabetes) or alkalosis (for example, caused by excess vomiting) can affect blood potassium. In ordinary people, taking potassium supplements or potassium-containing drugs is of no consequence because the kidneys efficiently dispose of extra potassium.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Intented Use:
\n+ Kit for the Quantitative determination of SODIUM (Na ) and POTASSIUM (K ) in Human Serum<\/p>\n
PRODUCT FEATURES:
\nSODIUM:
\n\u2022 Liquid Stable, Ready to use mono reagent (Mono Test Vials).
\n\u2022 5th Generation sodium-specific dye incorporated
\n\u2022 No precipitation of samples required.
\n\u2022 Instant results can be taken ( No incubation).
\n\u2022 Results correlate with ISE, Direct \/ Indirect Potentiometry & Flame Photometry.
\n\u2022 Aqueous standard provided (Standard Conc: Sodium 140 mMol\/L).
\n\u2022 Linearity Sodium: 200 mMol\/L. \u0178 Measuring Wavelength for Sodium : 620 nm (600\u2013 630 nm).
\n\u2022 Serum is the only specimen
\n\u2022 Available as multipurpose reagents<\/p>\n
POTASSIUM:
\n\u2022 Liquid Stable, Ready to use mono reagent.
\n\u2022 5 Minutes single step End Point reaction.
\n\u2022 Resulcorrelateate with ISE, Direct\/ Indirect Potentiometry & Flame Photometry.
\n\u2022 Aqueous standard provided (Standard Conc: Potassium 5mMol\/L
\n\u2022 Lineariy : 8 mMol\/L
\n\u2022 Measuring Wavelength for Potassium: 578 nm (570 \u2013 620 nm)
\n\u2022 Serum is the only specimen
\n\u2022 Available as multipurpose reagents<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_cat":[112],"product_tag":[154],"class_list":{"0":"post-10011","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-others","7":"product_tag-reagent-kit","8":"desktop-align-left","9":"tablet-align-left","10":"mobile-align-left","11":"ast-product-gallery-layout-vertical","12":"ast-magnify-disabled","13":"ast-product-tabs-layout-distributed","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10011"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharmint.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}