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ArticleCureus2022

Pseudohyperkalemia Associated With Leukemia.

Biraj Shrestha, Swarup Sharma Rijal, Arpan Pokhrel, Anish Paudel, Krantikiran Baral, Bidhya Poudel, Sijan Basnet, Anthony Donato

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Biraj ShresthaInternal Medicine, Reading Tower Health, Reading, USA.
Swarup Sharma RijalInternal Medicine, Reading Tower Health, Reading, USA.
Arpan PokhrelInternal Medicine, Reading Tower Health, Reading, USA.
Anish PaudelInternal Medicine, Reading Tower Health, Reading, USA.
Krantikiran BaralInternal Medicine, Reading Tower Health, Reading, USA.
Bidhya PoudelInternal Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, Illinois, USA.
Sijan BasnetInternal Medicine, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Wyomissing, USA.
Anthony DonatoInternal Medicine, Reading Tower Health, Reading, USA.
St. Francis Hospital · USSt. Francis Hospital · USReading Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elevated potassium levels can be a life-threatening emergency. We describe a case of falsely elevated serum potassium level in a patient with leukemia, which was suspected to be falsely elevated because the patient was asymptomatic with a normal electrocardiogram (EKG). Common reasons behind such a discrepancy in leukemia patients are the use of a tourniquet before collection, use of vacuum/pneumatic tubes for transportation, prolonged periods of incubation, use of heparin for sample collection, and processing of samples via centrifugation. Since the process is related to the method of collection and processing, we recommend using rapid point of care testing in such cases to differentiate between false and true potassium elevation, as it is a well-validated tool. Moreover, there is a good correlation between potassium measured with the blood gas, point of care, and central laboratory analyzers when the concentration of potassium is above 3 mEq/L.

Indexed as

hyperkalemiaiatrogenic complicationsleukemiapoint-of-care testingpseudo hyperkalemia

Identifiers

PMID35541290
PMCPMC9084244
OpenAlexW4226466489

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