The initial anion gap is a predictor of mortality in acute myocardial infarction

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-412

  Sahu, Anurag ^a   Cooper, Howard A ^a   Panza, Julio A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Anion gap; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; SODIUM;

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748153123     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200608000-00002     Document Type: Article

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