Posts tagged electrolyte disorders

What Every Pharmacist Should Know about Pseudohyperkalemia

Have you ever encountered a lab result that just didn’t make sense? Like, the clinical picture of the patient didn’t match what the lab reported? It happens, and as pharmacists, we need to have a critical brain for asking ourselves whether the lab result could be fake news. Let tl;dr share some quick knowledge about one such scenario - pseudohyperkalemia.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiApril 10, 2023hyperkalemia, pseudohyperkalemia, falsely elevated potassium level lab, how to know when potassium is falsely elevated, electrolyte disorders, leukemia and potassium serum levels

Hypercalcemia: An Overview for Pharmacists

Electrolyte disorders is a subject that usually gets filed in the dreaded "learn and dump" part of your brain.

You know that place? Your own personal island of misfit toys where information goes to be forgotten

Clinical, Pharmacy School, PracticeBrandon DysonApril 21, 2017hypercalcemia, hypercalcemia of malignancy, pamidronate, bisphosphonates, RANKL, RANK, denosumab, zoledronic acid, calcium metabolism, calcium, electrolyte, electrolyte disorders, calcitonin