Spurious hyperkalaemia.
review · Level V
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Abstract
Although severe hyperkalaemia is life threatening and a medical emergency, spurious hyperkalaemia (pseudohyperkalaemia) is common in blood samples taken in primary care, often because of sampling conditions and storage and transport problems
Medical subject headings
- Hyperkalemia