Pseudohyperkalemia in capillary whole-blood samples - an occasional error or a significant problem in a pediatric hospital?

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2017 Jul 26;55(8):e159-e162. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0735.
No abstract available

Keywords: capillary whole blood; hyperkalemia; pseudohyperkalemia; serum potassium.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Blood Specimen Collection / standards*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Hyperkalemia / diagnosis*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Potassium / blood*

Substances

  • Potassium