Spurious hyperkalaemia and hyponatraemia in a patient with thrombocythaemia
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Spurious hyperkalaemia and hyponatraemia in a patient with thrombocythaemia.
Changes in serum potassium and sodium during blood clotting in a patient with thrombocythaemia are described. In such patients falsely high results for potassium and falsely low results for sodium may be obtained.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.19.5.496