Spurious hypokalaemia and hypophosphataemia due to extreme hyperleukocytosis in a patient with a haematological malignancy

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-181

  Polak, R ^a   Huisman, A ^a   Sikma, M A ^a   Kersting, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; HYDROXYUREA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOSTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANOXIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; OXYGEN;

EID: 77749292294     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.009170     Document Type: Article

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