Given the Following Laboratory Data, Calculate the Anion Gap

question 8

Multiple Choice

Given the following laboratory data, calculate the anion gap.
Sodium = 133 mEq/L
Potassium = 4.9 mEq/L
Chloride = 98 mEq/L
Bicarbonate = 20 mEq/L

• A)5 mEq/L
• B)10 mEq/L
• C)15 mEq/L
• D)20 mEq/L

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