Falsely elevated osmol gap due to hypertonic hyponatremia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-457

  Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^a,b   Scaglione, Jan M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center   (United States)

Author keywords

hyponatremia; osmol gap; toxic alcohol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; POISON CENTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLARITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 17144418406     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.10.018     Document Type: Article

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