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