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