Pseudohyperkalemia without reported haemolysis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chan, James S ^a   Baker, Stacy L ^b   Bernard, Aaron W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FACE PAIN; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESEPTAL CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

EID: 84855877986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5330     Document Type: Article

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