SPURIOUS HYPERKALAEMIA.
In a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the plasma was found to have a potassium level of 10.4 mEq./1. Investigations showed that plasma from patients with leukaemia may be found to have falsely high potassium levels because of breakdown of leucocytes between the venepuncture and separation of the plasma.
D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia; D007938:Leukemia; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid; D007962:Leukocytes; D008214:Lymphocytes; D010949:Plasma
BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LEUKOCYTES