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A paradigmatic case of haemolysis and pseudohyperkalemia in blood gas analysis

A 51-year old male patient was admitted to the hospital with acute dyspnea and history of chronic asthma. Venous blood was drawn into a 3.0 mL heparinized syringe and delivered to the laboratory for blood gas analysis (GEM Premier 4000, Instrumentation Laboratory), which revealed high potassium valu...

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Autores principales: Salvagno, Gian Luca, Demonte, Davide, Lippi, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30799980
http://dx.doi.org/10.11613/BM.2019.011003