The magnitude of metabolic acidosis is dependent on differences in bicarbonate assays

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 700-703

  Bray, Susan H ^a,b   Tung, Ru Lin ^a   Jones, Edward R ^a  

^a Delaware Valley Nephrology and Hypertension   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; hypobicerbonatemia; renal failure; uremia

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOASSAY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS;

EID: 0029855631     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(96)90251-6     Document Type: Article

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