Osmol gap, the Glossary
In clinical chemistry, the osmol gap is the difference between measured blood serum osmolality and calculated serum osmolality.[1]
Table of Contents
15 relations: Acetone, Anion gap, Blood urea nitrogen, Clinical chemistry, Ethanol, Ethylene glycol, Freezing-point depression, High anion gap metabolic acidosis, Isopropyl alcohol, Metabolic acidosis, Methanol, Molality, Osmotic concentration, Plasma osmolality, Propylene glycol.
- Electrolyte disturbances
Acetone
Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula.
Anion gap
The anion gap (AG or AGAP) is a value calculated from the results of multiple individual medical lab tests. Osmol gap and anion gap are electrolyte disturbances.
Blood urea nitrogen
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is a medical test that measures the amount of urea nitrogen found in blood.
See Osmol gap and Blood urea nitrogen
Clinical chemistry
Clinical chemistry (also known as chemical pathology, clinical biochemistry or medical biochemistry) is a division in medical laboratory sciences focusing on qualitative tests of important compounds, referred to as analytes or markers, in bodily fluids and tissues using analytical techniques and specialized instruments.
See Osmol gap and Clinical chemistry
Ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol (IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol) is an organic compound (a vicinal diol) with the formula.
See Osmol gap and Ethylene glycol
Freezing-point depression
Freezing-point depression is a drop in the maximum temperature at which a substance freezes, caused when a smaller amount of another, non-volatile substance is added.
See Osmol gap and Freezing-point depression
High anion gap metabolic acidosis is a form of metabolic acidosis characterized by a high anion gap (a medical value based on the concentrations of ions in a patient's serum).
See Osmol gap and High anion gap metabolic acidosis
Isopropyl alcohol
Isopropyl alcohol (IUPAC name propan-2-ol and also called isopropanol or 2-propanol) is a colorless, flammable organic compound with a pungent alcoholic odor.
See Osmol gap and Isopropyl alcohol
Metabolic acidosis is a serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an imbalance in the body's acid-base balance.
See Osmol gap and Metabolic acidosis
Methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).
Molality
In chemistry, molality is a measure of the amount of solute in a solution relative to a given mass of solvent.
Osmotic concentration
Osmotic concentration, formerly known as osmolarity, is the measure of solute concentration, defined as the number of osmoles (Osm) of solute per litre (L) of solution (osmol/L or Osm/L).
See Osmol gap and Osmotic concentration
Plasma osmolality
Plasma osmolality measures the body's electrolyte–water balance.
See Osmol gap and Plasma osmolality
Propylene glycol
Propylene glycol (IUPAC name: propane-1,2-diol) is a viscous, colorless liquid.
See Osmol gap and Propylene glycol
See also
Electrolyte disturbances
- Anion gap
- Artificial tears
- Bicarbonate buffer system
- Central pontine myelinolysis
- Cerebral salt-wasting syndrome
- Contraction alkalosis
- Darrow Yannet diagram
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte exclusion effect
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Exercise-associated hyponatremia
- Fluid balance
- Heat cramps
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hyperchloremia
- Hyperchloremic acidosis
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypochloremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypophosphatemia
- Hypotonic hyponatremia
- Isotonic hyponatremia
- Milk-alkali syndrome
- Neonatal hypocalcemia
- Osmol gap
- Salt poisoning
- Water intoxication
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmol_gap
Also known as Serum osmolal gap, Serum osmotic gap.