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Case Reports
. 2001 Sep;55(7):486-7.

Severe hyperkalaemia with normal electrocardiogram

S Bandyopadhyay  1 , S Banerjee
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  • PMID: 11594262
Case Reports

Severe hyperkalaemia with normal electrocardiogram

S Bandyopadhyay et al. Int J Clin Pract. 2001 Sep.

Abstract

Elevated serum potassium without associated electrocardiograph and biochemical changes makes the diagnosis of pseudohyperkalaemia likely. One of the common causes of this is thrombocytosis with in vitro leak of cellular potassium due to increased fragility of the platelets. We report a case where the diagnosis of essential thrombocytosis was made during investigation of persistent hyperkalaemia in an apparently healthy female.

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