Comparison of the Calculated and Measured Osmolality in Intracranial Bleeding and Head Injury Patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-219

  Açikgöz, Serefden ^a   Can, Murat ^a   Mungan, A Görkem ^a   Ataymen, Meryem ^a   Sümbüloglu, Vildan ^a   Gül, Sanser ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

calculated osmolality; head injury; intracranial hemorrhage; measured osmolality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CRYOSCOPY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OSMOLALITY; OSMOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TECHNICAL AID;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 59649108988     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.075     Document Type: Article

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