The alteration of serum potassium level during sample transit
Moore, D.; Walker, P.; Ismail, A.
Practitioner 233(1465): 395-397
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-6518 PMID: 2594624 Document Number: 337357
A delay of only three hours between venepuncture and processing the blood can increase the level of potassium unpredictably and may be clinically significant.
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