Use of sodium-chloride difference and corrected anion gap as surrogates of Stewart variables in critically ill patients.

INTRODUCTION: To investigate whether the difference between sodium and chloride ([Na(+)] - [Cl(-)]) and anion gap corrected for albumin and lactate (AG(corr)) could be used as apparent strong ion difference (SID(app)) and strong ion gap (SIG) surrogates (respectively) in critically ill patients. MET...

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Main Authors: Jihad Mallat, Stéphanie Barrailler, Malcolm Lemyze, Florent Pepy, Gaëlle Gasan, Laurent Tronchon, Didier Thevenin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572048?pdf=render