Spurious hyperphosphatemia due to sample contamination with heparinized saline from an indwelling catheter [3]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-108

  Ball, Cindy L ^a   Tobler, Kathleen ^a   Ross, B Catherine ^a,b   Connors, M Ruth ^a,b,c   Lyon, Martha E ^a,c  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heparinized saline; Hyperphosphatemia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRICS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHOSPHATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 1642566062     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.021     Document Type: Letter

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