Serum electrolyte panel/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Serum electrolyte panel.

A very commonly used laboratory determination of, minimally, the concentration of four physiologically related ions in the serum obtained from clotted blood: sodium, potassium, bicarbonate and chloride