Poor knowledge and faulty thinking regarding hemolysis and potassium elevation

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 216-220

  Hawkins, Robert C ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Health knowledge; Hemolysis; Hyperkalemia; Potassium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; POTASSIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 14944352962     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.037     Document Type: Article

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