Journal article
Spurious hyperkalaemia associated with severe thrombocytosis and leukocytosis
Abstract
A patient with marked thrombocytosis and leukocytosis associated with myelofibrosis was found to have spurious hyperkalaemia caused by in vitro cell lysis. Initial failure to recognize the cause of the hyperkalaemia led to an inappropriate and potentially harmful intervention in an effort to optimize the patient’s preoperative status.
Authors
Ho AMH; Woo JCH; Kelton JG; Chiu L
Journal
Journal canadien d'anesthésie, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 613–615
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
7 1991
DOI
10.1007/bf03008197
ISSN
0832-610X