Association between anion gap and all-cause mortality of critically ill surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background There are few widely accepted and operationally feasible models for predicting the mortality risk of patients in surgical intensive care unit (SICU). Although serum anion gap (AG) is known to be correlated with severe metabolic acidosis, no investigations have been reported about...

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Main Authors: Xu Sun, Jianhong Lu, Wenqian Weng, Qiang Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02137-w