Pneumatic Tube-Induced Reverse Pseudohyperkalemia in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Nick Huang; Shams Bufalino; Cheryl Czerlanis

Pneumatic Tube-Induced Reverse Pseudohyperkalemia in a Patient With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Fed Pract. 2016 Aug;33(Suppl 5):60S-62S.

Authors

Nick Huang¹, Shams Bufalino¹, Cheryl Czerlanis¹

Affiliation

¹ s an internal medicine resident at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. is chief fellow of hematology/oncology at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. is chief of the division of hematology/oncology at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in Hines, Illinois, and an assistant professor at Loyola University Medical Center.

PMID: 30766225
PMCID: PMC6375524

Abstract

Treatment of reverse pseudohyperkalemia for a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia was complicated by falsely reported elevated potassium levels.