False, Reversed but Not True: A Curious Case of Hyperkalemia

Falsely elevated potassium levels are common in routine laboratory tests and should be differentiated from true hyperkalemia. If the patient is inappropriately treated for hyperkalemia, the resulting hypokalemia can lead to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. We present the case of a 67-year-old w...

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Autores principales: Jafar, Munnam S, Thalambedu, Nishanth, Kolandra, Lakshmi, Roomi, Sohaib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005500
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10066

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005500
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10066

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