Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. Use of Antiemetic Agents in Acute Gastroenteritis 3. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income 4. Medicare pay-for-reporting effort draws fire from frustrated doctors 5. Debunking Myths in the US Healthcare System
Your Article Summary
Anion gap, anion gap corrected for albumin, base deficit and unmeasured anions in critically ill patients: implications on the assessment of metabolic acidosis and the diagnosis of hyperlactatemia
BMC Emergency Medicine, 12/31/08
Chawla LS et al. - AG and BD failed to reliably detect the presence of clinically significant hyperlactatemia. Under idealized conditions, ACAG has the capacity to rule out the presence of hyperlactatemia. Lac levels should be obtained routinely in all patients admitted to the ICU in whom the possibility of shock/hypoperfusion is being considered. If an AG assessment is required in the ICU, it must be corrected for albumin for there to be sufficient diagnostic utility
Today in Endocrine/Metabolic...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Myxedema Coma Associated with Combination Aripiprazole and Sertraline Therapy
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 12/03/09
Biphasic insulin aspart in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Expert Opinion in Pharmacotherapy, 12/01/09
A review of the efficacy of 10% dextrose as an alternative to high concentration glucose in the treatment of out-of-hospital hypoglycaemia
Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care, 11/19/09
Sponsor
Article Search
Sponsor


See Latest Articles


