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in one aspect of our invention , we directly measure [ hco 3 − ] for fast and high volume blood testing typicaily utilizing ion sensing electrodes ( ise ) in electro - chemical sensor based analytical measurements and include the directly measured [ hco 3 − ] into the calculation for strong ion difference utilizing equation 4 , 9 or 10 or side calculation utilizing equation 11 . in another aspect of our invention , we utilize s co2 and pk ′ values for bodily fluids which are dependent on ionic strength , protein concentration , etc . in computing strong ion difference by substituting for [ hco 3 − ] from equation 2 into equations 4 and utilizing pk ′ values from equation 6b at 37 ° c . or by interpolation or extrapolation from equation 6b . similarly sco2 from equation 6a may also be utilized . heisler developed complex equations for s co2 ( mmol 1 - 1 mmhg − 1 ) ( 1 mmhg = 133 . 22 pa ) and pk ′ that are purported to be generally applicable to aqueous solutions including body fluids between 0 ° and 40 ° c . and incorporate the molarity of dissolved species ( md ), solution ph , temperature ( t , ° c . ), sodium concentration ([ na + ], mol 1 - 1 ), ionic strength of non - protein ions ( i , mol 1 - 1 ) and protein concentration ([ pr ], g 1 - 1 ) and are also referenced by stabenau and heming but not utilized for sid calculation : pk ′= 6 . 583 − 1 . 341 × 10 − 2t + 2 . 282 × 10 − 4t2 − 1 . 516 × 10 − 6t3 − 0 . 341i0 . 323 − log { 1 + 3 . 9 × 10 − 4 [ pr ]+ 10a ( 1 + 10b )}, ( 4 ) where a = ph − 10 . 64 + 0 . 011t + 0 . 737i0 . 323 and b = 1 . 92 − 0 . 01t − 0 . 737i0 . 323 + log [ na + ]+( 0 . 651 − 0 . 4941 )( 1 + 0 . 0065 [ pr ]) ( eq . 6b ) equation 6a or 6b may also be expressed in the form of table , graph , curve , algorithm , nomogram or curve nomogram and may also be programmed into a computer or microprocessor . in yet another aspect of our invention we utilize the variation of k 1 ′ as k 1 ′ versus sid ( equation 7 ), corrected for na + , ionic strength , etc . to obtain corrected sid via equation 9 or 10 . while both sco 2 and pk ′ in equation 2 are not constants and vary with ionic strength , temperature , ph and protein concentration , the variation of pk ′ is much more significant in non - logarithmic form of equation 1 when temperature is fixed at 37 ° c . we find that k 1 ′ = 0 . 03 * 10 − pk ′ where sco2 is taken to be reasonably constant 0 . 03 mmol / l * hg at 37 ° c . once the temperature is fixed , at 37 ° c ., pk ′ varies strongly with ionic strength . abnormal plasma na - levels fluctuations over hours and days in a given patient are not uncommon . the variation in pk ′ with ionic strength is particularly evident if logarithmic scale is not used . hyponatraemia or hypematraemia i . e . variation in plasma na levels ( and thus strong ion difference in general ) contributes significantly to variations in k 1 ′ . such large corrections are very obvious when applied to strong ion difference model which does not utilize logarithmic scale . we converted the data in the literature from pk ′ versus ionic strength to k 1 ′ versus sid when only bicarbonate and strong ions are present ( as contributions to sid by weak acids are accounted for separately by utilizing equations 5 and 6 ) utilizing equations 1 and 4 and find it to be : where k 3 is the apparent equilibrium dissociation constant for bicarbonate . combining the above equations and k 3 = 6 * 10 − 11 equiv / l , kw ′= 4 . 4 * 10 − 14 ( equiv / l ) 2 , we obtain the “ corrected stewart equation ”: [ sid ]+[ h + ]−[ 2 . 3 * 10 − 11 + 0 . 0355778 * 10 − 11 * sid ]* pco 2 /[ h + ]− k a *[ a tot ]/( k a +[ h + ])− k 3 *( 2 . 3 * 10 − 11 + 0 . 0355778 * 10 − 11 * sid ) pco 2 /[ h + ] 2 − k w ′ /[ h + ]= 0 ( eq . 9 ) figge et . al further refined a tot to albumin , [ alb ] in g / dl and phosphates , [ phos ] in nmol / l and with equation 9 results in corrected sid : sid =( 2 . 3 * 10 − 11 * pco 2 /[ h + ] 10 [ alb ]( 0 . 12 * ph − 0 . 631 )+[ phos ]( 0 ; 309 * ph − 0 . 469 )+ 2 . 3 * 10 − 22 * 6 * pco 2 /[ h + ] 2 + k w ′ /[ h + ]−[ h + ])/( 1 − 0 . 0355778 * 10 − 11 * pco 2 /[ h + ]− 0 . 0355778 * 6 * 10 − 22 * pco 2 /[ h + ] 2 ) ( eq . 10 ) it may be also be noted that a tot / albumin do provide a fair share to the value of corrected sid and there is no doubt about the contributions due to variations in pco 2 . in yet another aspect of our present invention , we further introduce “ strong ion difference excess ” ( side ) as the change in corrected sid from the reference value of 23 . 2 milli - equiv / l at ph = 7 . 4 , pco 2 = 5 . 33 kpa ( or 40 torr or 40 mm hg ) and independent of hemoglobin and weak proteins and unidentified components . the side is particularly a quick useful measure when one can rule out the effects of hemoglobin and weak proteins and unidentified components . thus , ignoring weak proteins , albumin and smaller terms from equation 10 , we obtain : side =((( 2 . 3 * 10 − 11 * pco 2 /[ h + ])/( 1 −( 0 . 0355778 * 10 − 11 * pco 2 /[ h + ]− 0 . 0355778 * 6 * 10 − 22 * pco 2 /[ h + ] 2 ))− 0 . 0232 ) ( eq . 11 ) according to our definition side is zero for values of pco 2 = 40 torr and for ph = 7 . 4 . fig1 shows the result of our improvements for sid for fixed pk ′= 6 . 1 , sid for exact measured pk ′ values and improved sid for the data points of hastings and sendroy data . fig1 shows the fixed - sid for pk ′= 6 . 1 ( or k 1 ′ = 2 . 46 * 10 − 11 ( equiv / l ) 2 / mmhg , assumed constant ), exact - sid for the measured data points by utilizing the exact pk ′ values hastings and sendroy data and corrected - sid , corrected for pk ′ variability by absorbing pk ′ ( or k 1 ′ ) versus exact - sid ( equation 7 ) into the corrected - sid calculations ( equation 10 ). note the improvement in the corrected - sid being closer to exact - sid values than the fixed - sid values without having resort to costly and error prone measurements of the ionic strength , etc . there by reducing health care costs . the x - axis reflects various data points shown as pk ′ values of hastings and sendroy data . in another aspect of our invention directly measured values of sid may be utilized by an array of ion sensing electrodes for strong ions . to measure sid requires , depending upon the precision to which one aspires , the measurement of strong ion concentrations including na + , k + , cl − , ca ++ , mg ++ , sulfate , urate , keto metbolites and lactate with their attendant costs . the measurement of [ na + ] or total ionic strength would also be susceptible to inaccuracies and added cost . in yet another aspect of our invention , the computation of corrected sid as in equation 10 incorporating the variability of k 1 ′ ( along with [ h + ]/ ph , pco 2 ) and a tot / albumin contribution and additional testing of keto acids in diabetics and other species where warranted is an integrated and a more accurate and complete measure of respiratory / non - respiratory equilibria of blood plasma . thus computation of corrected sid , rather than its experimental measurement is also a pragmatic approach with a sound biological , chemical and mathematical basis . it should be understood that the foregoing description is only illustrative of the invention . various alternatives and modifications can be devised , without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention .

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