Pseudohypernatremia and pseudohyponatremia: A linear correction

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 252-257

  Goldwasser, Philip ^a   Ayoub, Isabelle ^b   Barth, Robert H ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

artifact; pseudohypernatremia; pseudohyponatremia; sodium; total protein

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; SODIUM; ALBUMINOID; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOHYPERNATREMIA; PSEUDOHYPONATREMIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; BICARBONATES; BLOOD PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM;

EID: 84922561043     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu298     Document Type: Article

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