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Identifying individual-specific baseline anion gap is of little benefit to acid–base assessment

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Tanemoto, M. Identifying individual-specific baseline anion gap is of little benefit to acid–base assessment. Intern Emerg Med 17, 575–576 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-021-02826-5

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