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Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Nitromethane is a primary nitroalkane used as a solvent and a fuel that may be toxic by ingestion, inhalation, or contact. Its presence can be detected in serum of exposed persons, but levels are not readily available to guide patient care. Nitromethane has been shown to falsely elevat...

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Autores principales: Derkits, David R., Meggs, William J., Parker Cote, Jennifer L.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8913454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35310404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12689
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description INTRODUCTION: Nitromethane is a primary nitroalkane used as a solvent and a fuel that may be toxic by ingestion, inhalation, or contact. Its presence can be detected in serum of exposed persons, but levels are not readily available to guide patient care. Nitromethane has been shown to falsely elevate serum creatinine when clinical laboratories use Jaffe assays to measure creatinine; enzymatic assays are not affected. Ex vivo experiments have demonstrated a linear relationship between serum nitromethane and the elevation in Jaffe assay creatinine. This case report demonstrates an elevation of creatinine measured by Jaffe assay with normal creatinine measurement by enzymatic assay after exposure to nitromethane. CASE REPORT: A 21‐month‐old girl ingested an unmeasured quantity of a hobby fuel, a fuel containing methanol, nitromethane (20%), and lubricants used in miniature internal combustion engines, such as remote‐controlled cars. She was initially evaluated at a community hospital, treated empirically for methanol toxicity with fomepizole and folic acid, and transferred to a university hospital for further management. By 19 hours after ingestion, methanol was below detection, but a serum creatinine of 2.63 mg/dl raised concern for kidney injury. Toxicology consultation recognized that the creatinine had been measured using a Jaffe assay and recommended a repeat creatinine using an enzymatic assay, which was within normal limits. The patient remained an inpatient for further evaluation, which permitted trending of her Jaffe assay creatinine over a 3‐day period. The Jaffe assay creatinine demonstrated a gradual decline; repeat enzymatic assay creatinine remained within normal limits. DISCUSSION: The decline in this pediatric patient's Jaffe assay creatinine is consistent with first‐order clearance of nitromethane, which has been previously described in adult exposures. This case demonstrates how Jaffe assay–derived serum creatinine may be useful in the pediatric population to establish, quantify, and trend nitromethane exposure with essential concurrent use of an enzymatic assay to determine actual creatinine.
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spelling pubmed-89134542022-03-17 Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report Derkits, David R. Meggs, William J. Parker Cote, Jennifer L. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Toxicology INTRODUCTION: Nitromethane is a primary nitroalkane used as a solvent and a fuel that may be toxic by ingestion, inhalation, or contact. Its presence can be detected in serum of exposed persons, but levels are not readily available to guide patient care. Nitromethane has been shown to falsely elevate serum creatinine when clinical laboratories use Jaffe assays to measure creatinine; enzymatic assays are not affected. Ex vivo experiments have demonstrated a linear relationship between serum nitromethane and the elevation in Jaffe assay creatinine. This case report demonstrates an elevation of creatinine measured by Jaffe assay with normal creatinine measurement by enzymatic assay after exposure to nitromethane. CASE REPORT: A 21‐month‐old girl ingested an unmeasured quantity of a hobby fuel, a fuel containing methanol, nitromethane (20%), and lubricants used in miniature internal combustion engines, such as remote‐controlled cars. She was initially evaluated at a community hospital, treated empirically for methanol toxicity with fomepizole and folic acid, and transferred to a university hospital for further management. By 19 hours after ingestion, methanol was below detection, but a serum creatinine of 2.63 mg/dl raised concern for kidney injury. Toxicology consultation recognized that the creatinine had been measured using a Jaffe assay and recommended a repeat creatinine using an enzymatic assay, which was within normal limits. The patient remained an inpatient for further evaluation, which permitted trending of her Jaffe assay creatinine over a 3‐day period. The Jaffe assay creatinine demonstrated a gradual decline; repeat enzymatic assay creatinine remained within normal limits. DISCUSSION: The decline in this pediatric patient's Jaffe assay creatinine is consistent with first‐order clearance of nitromethane, which has been previously described in adult exposures. This case demonstrates how Jaffe assay–derived serum creatinine may be useful in the pediatric population to establish, quantify, and trend nitromethane exposure with essential concurrent use of an enzymatic assay to determine actual creatinine. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8913454/ /pubmed/35310404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12689 Text en © 2022 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Emergency Physicians https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report
title_full Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report
title_fullStr Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report
title_short Trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: A case report
title_sort trending of a falsely elevated serum creatinine after a pediatric nitromethane ingestion: a case report
topic Toxicology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8913454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35310404
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12689
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