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Clinical Chemistry 25: 614-616, 1979;
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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 25, 614-616, Copyright © 1979 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Enzyme immunoassay for serum lidocaine in antiarrhythmic therapy

DP Lehane, PJ Wissert, P Menyharth, AL Levy and MA Kukucka

We have adapted the commercially available EMIT kit [Clin. Chem. 23, 1161 (1977)] to the Gilford System 3500 Analyzer. Sample volume is 10 microliter. We compare reagent blank-corrected absorbance changes at 340 nm between 15 and 55 s for samples and a series of calibrators, and calculate results with use of a logarithmic transformation. Within-run precision (CV) for a serum pool with 4.0 mg of added lidocaine per liter was 2.7% (n = 45); day-to-day precision was 3.3% (n = 15). Analytical recoveries of 2 to 6 mg of lidocaine per liter were 90-102% (average, 97.3%). Results correlated significantly with those by a gas- chromatographic technique. No clinically significant interferences by concomitantly administered medications were observed. The procedure is rapid (42 samples per hour) and is well suited to the fast response required in monitoring lidocaine therapy. Usefulness of the assay data in the management of arrhythmias in the coronary care unit is discussed.




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