title: Surreptitious hyperkalaemia and its complications.
abstract: Surreptitious hyperkalaemia is not a common problem, particularly in patients not yet dialysis dependent. We encountered a patient who baffled her physicians and their consultants, who nonetheless proposed life-saving treatments and novel explanations. However, according to the maxim that common things are common and rare things are rare, we solved the problem by focusing on the accompanying anion.
authors.affiliation: Dialysezentrum Koblenz.
authors.forename: Tilo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morgenstern
authors.affiliation: Dialysezentrum Koblenz.
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kurp
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology , University of Tübingen.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology , University of Tübingen.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Föller
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology , University of Tübingen.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.affiliation: Charité Campus Buch and HELIOS Klinikum-Berlin , Germany.
authors.forename: Friedrich C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Luft
keywords: Munchausen syndrome; dialysis; hyperkalaemia; potassium citrate; surreptitious