NUR 320 · Week 2 · NR-MS-112
Metabolic acidosis
The anion gap is the tool that tells you which kind you are dealing with — and it is systematically wrong in exactly the patients who most need it, because almost nobody corrects it for albumin.
Fluids / Electrolytes / Acid–BaseVersion v2.0Reviewed 2026-07-22
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