Calculated serum osmolality can lead to a systematic bias compared to direct measurement

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 106-109

  Vialet, Renaud ^a   Leone, Marc ^a   Albanèse, Jacques ^a   Martin, Claude ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Head injury; Hypertonic saline; Intracranial hypertension; Mannitol; Osmolality

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUFENTANIL; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SERUM OSMOLALITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 18044370652     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ana.0000163200.48483.56     Document Type: Article

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