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Review
. 2007 Mar 31;334(7595):693-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.607986.47.

Spurious hyperkalaemia

W Stuart A Smellie  1
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Review

Spurious hyperkalaemia

W Stuart A Smellie. BMJ. .

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

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Competing interests: None declared.

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