Anion-gap interpretation: The old and the new

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-5

  Emmett, Michael ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE ION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANION GAP; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCHLOREMIA; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SHORT SURVEY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACID-BASE IMBALANCE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY;

EID: 33644819935     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0073     Document Type: Short Survey

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