Which of the Following Conditions Will Cause an Increased Anion

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following conditions will cause an increased anion gap?

• A) Salicylate intoxication
• B) Controlled diabetes mellitus
• C) Decreased albumin concentration
• D) Severe diarrhea

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, or the average of the two middle numbers when the list has an even number of entries.

Standard Deviation

An approach to quantifying how much a group of numbers disperses or varies from each other.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding them together and dividing by the number of values.

Median

The median is the middle value in a list of numbers sorted in ascending or descending order, splitting the dataset into two halves.