Fiona,
Could the patient have been on a phosphate buffered drip?
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Greg Watts MSc MA
Deputy Director Sydney Adventist Hospital Pathology Dept
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From: Clinical biochemistry discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fiona Davidson
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Subject: Spurious hypocalcaemia and hyperphosphataemia
Dear all,
I have just come across a slightly puzzling set of results in a healthy 27 y/o male from primary care:
Adjusted calcium 1.50 mmol/L
Phosphate 8.3 mmol/L
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