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osmolal gap: a standalone construct

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Clinical laboratory science

the difference between measured and calculated serum osmolality, signalling unmeasured solutes such as toxic alcohols.

In clinical laboratory science, osmolal gap refers to the difference between measured and calculated serum osmolality, signalling unmeasured solutes such as toxic alcohols. This meaning comes from Smithline (1976) in JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association.[1]

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association4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs calculated serum osmolality1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Smithline, N. (1976). Gaps: Anionic and Osmolal. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 236(14), 1594. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1976.03270150028025

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