Clinical Study
Potential Inaccuracies in Chloride Measurements in Patients with Severe Metabolic Acidosis
Table 3
Differences in anion gap (AG) between the two analyzers for samples from patients with severe acidemia, end-stage renal disease, and lactic acidosis.
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Values are means ± SD (range). cAG = Na+ (Central analyzer) − Cl− (Central analyzer) − bicarbonate , gAG = Na+ (Blood gas analyzer) − Cl− (Blood gas analyzer) − . |