Evaluation of 36 formulas for calculating plasma osmolality

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 302-308

  Fazekas, Andreas S ^a   Funk, Georg Christian ^a   Klobassa, Daniela S ^b   Rüther, Horst ^b   Ziegler, Ingrid ^b   Zander, Rolf ^c   Semmelrock, Hans Jürgen ^d  

^a OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Roche Diagnostics Graz GmbH Research and Development DPGR   (Austria)

^c Physioklin   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Calculated osmolality; Critical care; Measured osmolality; Point of care

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OSMOLALITY; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873733681     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2691-0     Document Type: Article

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