A case of pseudohyperkalemia in a patient presenting with leucocytosis and high potassium level: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Alice ^a   Biteman, Benjamin ^b,c   Malik, Umer F ^b   Siddique, Shahzad ^d   Martin, Mersadies R ^b,c   Ali, Syed A ^e   Maboud, Nadeem ^b,c   Raja, Sabiya ^b,c   Zachry, Alison ^b,c   Mahmoud, Ahmed ^b  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b SAN JOAQUIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e Agha Khan Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DILATATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EYE EXAMINATION; GAS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 77953391696     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-3-73     Document Type: Article

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