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- Title
Pseudohyperkalemia in capillary whole-blood samples - an occasional error or a significant problem in a pediatric hospital?
- Authors
Ciepiela, Olga; Raniszewska, Agata; Manda-Handzlik, Aneta; Kotuła, Iwona; Demkow, Urszula
- Abstract
The article presents study to assess the frequency of hyperkalemia in capillary blood samples. It mentions analysis of potassium concentration in plasma of capillary blood samples collected to capillary tubes filled with lithium heparin. It adds 9percent of clinicians do not verify high potassium results from capillary whole-blood samples.
- Subjects
HYPERKALEMIA; CAPILLARIES; BLOOD sampling; POTASSIUM in the body; BLOOD plasma; HEPARIN
- Publication
Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 8, pe159
- ISSN
1434-6621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/cclm-2016-0735