Reducing the incidence of pseudohyperkalemia by avoiding making a fist during phlebotomy: A quality improvement report

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 686-692

  Seimiya, Masanori ^a,b   Yoshida, Toshihiko ^a   Sawabe, Yuji ^a   Sogawa, Kazuyuki ^b   Umemura, Hiroshi ^a,b   Matsushita, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Nomura, Fumio ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

clenching; Index Words; make a fist; order of draw; phlebotomy; Pseudohyperkalemia

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEPHALIC VEIN; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHLEBOTOMY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHLEBOTOMY; POTASSIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77956937209     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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