Reliability of anion gap calculated from data obtained using a blood gas analyzer: is the probability of error predictable?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-581

  Otani, Norio ^a   Ohde, Sachiko ^b   Mochizuki, Toshiaki ^a   Ishimatsu, Shinichi ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b St Luke's Life Science Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYZER; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; BICARBONATES; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHLORIDES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POTASSIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM;

EID: 77953298843     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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