TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Accuracy of blood ethanol determination using serum osmolality
JO  - Journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Snyder, H.
A1  - Williams, D.
A1  - Zink, B.
A1  - Reilly, K.
SP  - 129
EP  - 133
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
N2  - A retrospective review of 81 emergency department patients was performed to determine the accuracy of blood ethanol levels (BEL) calculated from serum osmolality. The osmolar gap (measured-calculated serum osmolality) was used to determine the calculated BEL. The mean difference between calculated and measured BEL was 49.2 mg/dL. Calculated BEL overestimated measured BEL in 83% of patients. Adding a correction factor for unmeasured osmoles to the equation for calculated serum osmolality will reduce this error.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0736-4679
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -