Anion gap
Sodium minus the sum of chloride and bicarbonate in serum. A widened anion gap (above 16) in a comatose patient with unexplained acidosis is the bedside clue to methanol or ethylene glycol.
Sodium minus the sum of chloride and bicarbonate in serum. A widened anion gap (above 16) in a comatose patient with unexplained acidosis is the bedside clue to methanol or ethylene glycol.
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