Combined false hyperkalemia and hypocalcemia due to specimen contamination during routine phlebotomy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1218-1220

  Naguib, M Tarek ^a   Evans, Nancy ^a  

^a St Mary's Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; PHLEBOTOMY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0036774813     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200210000-00024     Document Type: Article

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