Heparin causes a 0.04 mg/dL decrease in ionized calcium for each unit added per mL of blood.
actual ionized calcium in mg/dL =
= (((units of heparin anticoagulation) / (mLs of blood)) * 0.04) + (measured ionized calcium in mg/dL)
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