The perennial problem with potassium

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-52

  Trull, Andrew K ^a,d   Jackson, Christopher ^b   Walsh, Sarah ^a   Thornton, Andi ^a   Culank, Leslie S ^a   McHugh, John ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Prior's Field Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^d PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842329748     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456304322664690     Document Type: Article

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