Clinical use of the anion gap

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 38-54

  Emmett, Michael ^a   Narins, Robert G ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMINO ACID; COLESTYRAMINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MAFENIDE; METHANOL; PARALDEHYDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANION GAP; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS;

ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ACIDOSIS, RENAL TUBULAR; ALKALOSIS; ALKALOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ASPIRIN; BICARBONATES; CARBENICILLIN; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; HUMAN; KETOSIS; LACTATES; METHANOL; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARALDEHYDE; SODIUM;

EID: 0017333988     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-197756010-00002     Document Type: Article

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