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Anion gap with k what is this blood test? mine was at a 15 is this normal?
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Yes: the anion gap measures the acid base balance in your blood, the normal range is between 8 and 16, the equation is (sodium(NA+) + potassium(K+))-(choloride(CL-)+bicarbonate(HCO3-)) so a high anion gap means elevated acid levels and could help with diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis, and a low anion gap usually is benign but could measure possibly some abnormality in protein levels
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