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August 01, 2001; Volume 68,Issue 8

  1. Beck, Laurence H.

    1. Should the actual or the corrected serum sodium be used to calculate the anion gap in diabetic ketoacidosis?
      Should the actual or the corrected serum sodium be used to calculate the anion gap in diabetic ketoacidosis?
      Laurence H. Beck, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 673-674;

      The two values have different uses: use the measured value to calculate the anion gap and the corrected value to assess dehydration.

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