| Literature DB >> 7259068 |
M D Gardner, F J Dryburgh, J A Fyffe, A S Jenkins.
Abstract
The algorithms used in this hospital to assess calcium status are calculated ionised serum calcium and the serum calcium concentration adjusted for albumin. In order to establish their clinical usefulness, they were compared with the ionised calcium concentration measured on the Nova 2 instrument in patients with various calcium and protein abnormalities. Good correlation was found between the measured and calculated values. The predictive values for the calculated results and for total serum calcium concentrations are presented. In this series, the derived values were useful in predicting the serum ionised calcium concentration of the patients studied.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7259068 DOI: 10.1177/000456328101800210
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Clin Biochem ISSN: 0004-5632 Impact factor: 2.057