33264-3
Osmol gap of Serum or Plasma
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LP172681-1 Osmol gap
While it is possible to convert between osmolality and osmolarity, thereby deriving a more mathematically correct osmol gap calculation, in actual clinical practice this is not done. This is because the difference in absolute value of these two measurements that can be attributed to the difference in units will be negligible in a clinical setting. For this reason, the terms are often used interchangeably, though some object to equating the terms. Because the calculated osmol gap can therefore be a conflation of both terms (depending on how it is derived), neither term (osmolal gap nor osmolar gap) may be semantically correct. To avoid ambiguity, the terms "osmolal" and "osmolar" can be used when the units of molality or molarity are consistent throughout the calculation. When this is not the case, the term "osmol gap" can be used when units are mixed to provide a clinical estimate.
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Source: Wikipedia, Osmol gap
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Osmol gap
- Property
- Osmol
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Ser/Plas
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
Additional Names
- Short Name
- Osmol gap SerPl
- Display Name
- Osmol gap [Osmolality]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Osmol gap, Blood
Basic Attributes
- Class
- CHEM
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.09
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 7313
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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es-AR | Spanish (Argentina) | brecha osmolar: |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Hueco osmótico: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Brecha de Osmol: |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Trou osmolaire: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Trou osmolaire: |
fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Trou osmolaire: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Osmol, gap: Synonyms: Chimica Osmolalità Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma |
ko-KR | Korean (Korea, Republic Of) | 삼투압 농도차: |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | osmotische gap: |
pt-BR | Portuguese (Brazil) | Hiato osmolar: Synonyms: Millimole discriminant; |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Осмоль интервал: Synonyms: Количественный Осмоль промежуток Осмоляльность Плазма Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Ozmol açığı: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 摩渗间隙: Synonyms: MO; |
Example Units
Unit | Source |
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mosm/kg | Example UCUM Units |
mosm/kg | eCHN |
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