An evaluation of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol poisoning

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lynd, Larry D ^a,b   Richardson, Kathryn J ^b   Purssell, Roy A ^c,d,e   Abu Laban, Riyad B ^c,f   Brubacher, Jeffery R ^c,d,e   Lepik, Katherine J ^d   Sivilotti, Marco L A ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Providence Health Care Canada   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Ontario Poison Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDOTE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; METHANOL; SODIUM; THIAMINE; UREA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHANOL POISONING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOXICITY TESTING; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; EVALUATION; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLARITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349130399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227x-8-5     Document Type: Article

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