Pseudohyperkalemia in a patient with rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-

  Sugimoto, Toshiro ^a   Ogawa, Nobuhiro ^a   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fist clenching; Hyperkalemia; Pseudohyperkalemia; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; Tourniquet

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; RELIABILITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34247147622     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.09.023     Document Type: Letter

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