The Use of the Urinary Anion Gap in the Diagnosis of Hyperchloremic Metabolic Acidosis
- 10 March 1988
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 318 (10) , 594-599
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198803103181002
Abstract
We evaluated the use of the urinary anion gap (sodium plus potassium minus chloride) in assessing hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis in 38 patients with altered distal urinary acidification and in 8 patients with diarrhea.Keywords
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