Reverse pseudohyperkalemia in heparin plasma samples from a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 728-730

  Meng, Qing H ^a   Krahn, John ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heparin plasma; Lymphocytic leukemia; Potassium; Reverse pseudohyperkalemia; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; UREA;

AGED; ALKALOSIS; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG DISEASE; PLASMA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVERSE PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; SERUM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; PLASMA; POTASSIUM; SERUM;

EID: 79955837801     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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