High ambient temperature: a spurious cause of hypokalaemia
- 29 June 1996
- Vol. 312 (7047) , 1652-1653
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7047.1652
Abstract
Daily means for plasma potassium concentrations for samples from this hospital and general practices were obtained separately from the laboratory computer for the period 1 January to 10 August 1995. These means were compared with the maximum daily dry bulb temperatures recorded at the Nottingham and Warsop weather stations (data were supplied by the Meteorological Office at Bracknell).Keywords
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