Serum anion gap at admission as a predictor of mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit

Abstract An accurate method to predict the mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) patients has been required, especially in children. The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of serum anion gap (AG) for predicting mortality in pediatric ICU (PICU). We reviewed a data of 461 pediatric patie...

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Main Authors: Min Jung Kim, Yoon Hee Kim, In Suk Sol, Soo Yeon Kim, Jong Deok Kim, Ha Yan Kim, Kyung Won Kim, Myung Hyun Sohn, Kyu-Earn Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01681-9