Hyperkalemia or Not? A Diagnostic Pitfall in the Emergency Department
Introduction: Hyperkalemia, a potentially life-threatening electrolyte disturbance, is commonly encountered in the Emergency Department (ED). However, the frequency of factitious hyperkalemia, an artificially elevated potassium level in hyperkalemic ED patients, is unknown. This study aims to detect...
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Main Authors: | Frank-Peter Stephan, Florian N. Riede, Luca Ünlü, Gioele Capoferri, Tito Bosia, Axel Regeniter, Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2024-11-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/01m613gh |
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