Is the osmole gap a valuable indicator for the need of hemodialysis in severe ethanol intoxication?

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-206

  Wildenauer, René ^a   Kobbe, Philipp ^b   Waydhas, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebral edema; Ethanol intoxication; hemodialysis; osmole gap; suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 77954813621     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2010-0582     Document Type: Article

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