Spurious hyperkalemia or pseudohyperkalemia in children is usually exaggerated by
belongs to book: MCQs in Pediatrics Review of Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics|Zuhair M Almusawi, Hasanein Ghali|20th edition| Chapter number:7| Question number:7.11
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(C). This phenomenon is exaggerated with thrombocytosis because of potassium release from platelets, for every 100,000/m3 increase in the platelet count; the serum potassium level rises by approximately 0.15 mEq/ L.
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