An evaluation of the osmole gap as a screening test for toxic alcohol poisoning

BACKGROUND: The osmole gap is used routinely as a screening test for the presence of exogenous osmotically active substances, such as the toxic alcohols ethylene glycol and methanol, particularly when the ability to measure serum concentrations of the substances is not available. The objectives of t...

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Autores principales: Lynd, Larry D, Richardson, Kathryn J, Purssell, Roy A, Abu-Laban, Riyad B, Brubacher, Jeffery R, Lepik, Katherine J, Sivilotti, Marco LA
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18442409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-8-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18442409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-8-5

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