The investigation of the relationship between whole blood potassium concentration and hematocrit in uremic patients undergoing hemodialysis.
The correlation between whole blood potassium (K) concentration and hematocrit (Ht) was investigated in chronically dialyzed uremics with a broad range of Ht. This correlation was found to be represented by a curve and its form was derived by the manipulation of the formula concerning the inverse relationship between erythrocyte K concentration and Ht. These findings show that in dialyzed patients the whole blood K concentration can be correctly predicted from any Ht value, despite their wide range of plasma K concentration.
D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy
D011188:Potassium