The alteration of serum potassium level during sample transit.
A delay of only three hours between venepuncture and processing the blood can increase the level of potassium unpredictably and may be clinically significant.
Moore
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Walker
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P
Ismail
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A
D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013997:Time Factors
D011188:Potassium