Combined hyponatremia and hypocalcemia after intravascular absorption of 1.5% glycine during operative hysteroscopy. A case report

Peer review under responsibility of Egyptian Society of Anesthesiologists.

Figures & data

able 1 Perioperative laboratory and serial arterial blood gases (ABG) and electrolytes performed for the patient.

	Pre-op	ABG1	ABG2	ABG3	ABG4	ABG5	Post-op
Hemoglobin (gm/dl)	9.1	8.1	8.6	9.3	9.0	8.8	9.2
Hematocrit (%)	29.8	33.7	35.3	36.7	36.2	35.0	30
Platelets (count)	273						256
pH		7.299	7.389	7.423	7.425	7.434
pCO2 (mmHg)		42.7	32.8	34.3	36.1	34.0
pO2 (mmHg)		72.8	131.4	100.8	97.9	102.1
HCO3 (mmol/L)		20.5	19.4	21.9	32.2	22.2
BE (mmol/L)		−5.9	−5.0	−2.1	−1.0	−1.6
Sodium (mmol/L)		119.8	128.2	134.0	132.9	133.2	137
Potassium (mmol/L)		3.55	3.44	3.07	2.81	3.47	3.8
Calcium (mmol/L)		1.000	0.898	0.919	0.873	1.086
Chloride (mmol/L)		97.0	97.2	98.2	98.6	98.6	101

Preoperative (Pre-op), ABG (arterial blood gases), Postoperative (Post-op).