Title of article
Calculated serum calcium is an insufficient surrogate for measured ionized calcium
Author/Authors
Bjِrkman، نويسنده , , Mikko P. and Sorva، نويسنده , , Antti J. and Tilvis، نويسنده , , Reijo S.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
3
From page
348
To page
350
Abstract
Direct measurement of serum-ionized calcium (Ca2+) is the best available method to assess ‘true’ calcemia because serum total calcium is confounded by serum proteins, mainly albumin. However, calculated surrogates for Ca2+, albumin-adjustment particularly
Keywords
ionized calcium , Albumin , hospitalized , aged , Protein
Journal title
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Record number
1766610
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