| Literature DB >> 1607618 |
H Snyder1, D Williams, B Zink, K Reilly.
Abstract
A retrospective review of 81 emergency department patients was performed to determine the accuracy of blood ethanol levels (BEL) calculated from serum osmolality. The osmolar gap (measured-calculated serum osmolality) was used to determine the calculated BEL. The mean difference between calculated and measured BEL was 49.2 mg/dL. Calculated BEL overestimated measured BEL in 83% of patients. Adding a correction factor for unmeasured osmoles to the equation for calculated serum osmolality will reduce this error.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1607618 DOI： 10.1016/0736-4679(92)90205-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Emerg Med ISSN： 0736-4679 Impact factor: 1.484