Hyperkalaemia: Avoiding spurious hyperkalaemia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7731, 2009, Pages 1160-

  Gama, Rousseau ^a   Cornes, Michael ^a   Ford, Clare ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; POTASSIUM ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHLEBOTOMY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; EDETIC ACID; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 71249125254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4823     Document Type: Letter

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