Spurious hypokalemia occurs in patients with
belongs to book: MCQs in Pediatrics Review of Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics|Zuhair M Almusawi, Hasanein Ghali|20th edition| Chapter number:7| Question number:7.13
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(8). Spurious hypokalemia occurs in patients with leukemia and very elevated white blood cell counts if sample for analysis is left at room temperature, permitting the white blood cells to take up potassium from the plasma.
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