Derivation and validation of a formula to calculate the contribution of ethanol to the osmolal gap

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 653-659

  Purssell, Roy A ^a   Pudek, Morris ^a   Brubacher, Jeffrey ^a   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035213013     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.119455     Document Type: Article

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