ea0074ncc62 | Highlighted Cases | SFENCC2021
Eyzaguirre Valencia Mario
, Tuddenham Emma
, Theofanoyiannis Panayiotis
, Muralidhara Koteshwara
, Chinnasamy Eswari
Introduction: Pseudohyperkalaemia is one of the most common testing errors that occur in clinical practice. It’s commonly due to pre-analytical factors many of which are clinically well recognised. These include incorrect sampling, delay in sample processing and haemolysis to name a few. However non-recognition of some rarer causes like thrombocytosis often results in initial inappropriate, potentially dangerous treatment. Here we present one such case of pseudohyperkalaemia i...