Pseudohyperkalemia secondary to postsplenectomy thrombocytosis

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 168-170

  Johnson, Colleen M ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POTASSIUM; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0035256427     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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