{"id":32891,"date":"2023-04-02T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32891"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:42:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:42:41","slug":"potassium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/potassium\/","title":{"rendered":"Potassium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>About<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Potassium is the main cation of the intracellular fluid. It has an indispensable role in the maintenance of acid-base equilibrium, in the regulation of cellular osmotic pressure and in the conduction of electrical signals in muscle cells.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None required<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acute renal failure<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes mellitus<\/li>\n<li>Addison\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<li>Hyperaldosteronism<\/li>\n<li>Nephritis<\/li>\n<li>Tissue necrosis<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (cyclosporine, digoxin, ephedrine, estrogens, ibuprophen, lithium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cushing\u2019s syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Crohn\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<li>Dehydration<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes insipidus<\/li>\n<li>Diarrhea<\/li>\n<li>Vomiting<\/li>\n<li>Metabolic alkalosis<\/li>\n<li>Paralytic ileus<\/li>\n<li>Serious burns<\/li>\n<li>Starvation<\/li>\n<li>Pyloric obstruction<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (aspirin, bronchodilators, carbenicillin, corticosteroids, digoxin, insulin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prolonged tourniquet use during blood drawing as well as serum hemolysis may alter test results.<\/li>\n<li>Dietary sources of potassium include bananas, apricots, potatoes, tomatoes and prunes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potassium is the main cation of the intracellular fluid. It has an indispensable role in the maintenance of acid-base equilibrium, in the regulation of cellular osmotic pressure and in the conduction of electrical signals in muscle cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33496,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32891\/revisions\/33496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}