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This study evaluated the agreement between ABG and central laboratory measurements of sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), and chloride (Cl\u2212). Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of adult critically ill patients with AKI admitted to a tertiary university hospital ICU between January 2013 and June 2024. Patients with paired electrolyte measurements obtained from an ABG analyzer (ABL800 Basic, Radiometer) and a central laboratory analyzer (Abbott Alinity) within 10 min were included. Agreement was assessed using Bland\u2013Altman analysis and Passing\u2013Bablok regression. Results: A total of 1870 critically ill patients with AKI were included. The mean bias (95% limits of agreement [LOA]) between ABG and central laboratory measurements was \u22120.68 mmol\/L (\u221211.41 to 10.06) for sodium, \u22120.17 mmol\/L (\u22121.46 to 1.12) for potassium, and 7.18 mmol\/L (\u22124.15 to 18.51) for chloride. Potassium showed the narrowest LOA. Pearson correlation coefficients were 0.736, 0.642, and 0.728 for sodium, potassium, and chloride, respectively. Clinically meaningful discrepancies were observed in 7.0% of sodium, 14.1% of potassium, and 31.4% of chloride measurements. Conclusions: ABG-derived sodium and potassium measurements showed relatively good agreement with central laboratory measurements, particularly for potassium. However, clinically meaningful discrepancies occurred in a subset of measurements, suggesting that preanalytical factors and specimen quality may influence measurement reliability. ABG-derived electrolyte measurements may support rapid bedside assessment, whereas central laboratory measurements remain the reference standard.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medsci14030383","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T10:16:22Z","timestamp":1783592182000},"page":"383","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Agreement of Electrolyte Measurements Between Arterial Blood Gas Analyzers and Central Laboratories in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8422-2644","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Atthaphong","family":"Phongphithakchai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nephrology Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sitthikorn","family":"Thingphom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nephrology Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aman","family":"Tedasen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161, Thailand"},{"name":"Research Excellence Center for Innovation and Health Products, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7892-4436","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chutima","family":"Jansakun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5247-166X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wiyada Kwanhian","family":"Klangbud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Technology Program, Faculty of Science, Nakhon Phanom University, Nakhon Phanom 48000, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-4542-8980","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jongkonnee","family":"Thanasai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Mahasarakham University, Mahasarakham 44000, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8781-2516","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fumitaka","family":"Kawakami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Regulatory Biochemistry, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara 252-0373, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3264-1155","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Moragot","family":"Chatatikun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Allied Health Sciences, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161, Thailand"},{"name":"Research Excellence Center for Innovation and Health Products, Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat 80161, Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"607","DOI":"10.1038\/s41581-018-0052-0","article-title":"Global epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury","volume":"14","author":"Hoste","year":"2018","journal-title":"Nat. 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