7 reasons of false elvated potassium ....should think about when u have unexplained hyperkalemia noticed
- Excessive vacuum of the blood draw (hemolysis)
- A collection needle that is of too fine a gauge (hemolysis)
- Excessive tourniquet time or fist clenching during phelobotomy, which leads to efflux of potassium from the muscle cells.
- A delay in the processing of the blood specimen.
- Thrombocytosis (Platelet count >500,000/mm³),
- Leucocytosis (WBC count > 70 000/mm³),
- Erythrocytosis (hematocrit > 55%).
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