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Incidence of hyperkalemia in the emergency department: a 10-year retrospective study

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  • 09 November 2019

    In the original publication of the article, the 3rd author name was swapped. The correct author name should read as Damien Masson.

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ED:

Emergency department

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LL, EM, and DM conceived the study. LL, EM, FJ and EB developed the analysis plan, and LL undertook the main analysis with supervision from EM, DM and QLB. EM and LL wrote the first draft of the paper, with all the other authors making important critical revisions. All the authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Emmanuel Montassier.

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The study protocol was approved by the board of the Nantes University Hospital.

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As it was a retrospective study of anonymized blood samples that were obtained as part of the routine activity of laboratory, informed consent was not required following French recommendations.

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Lemoine, L., Le Bastard, Q., Masson, D. et al. Incidence of hyperkalemia in the emergency department: a 10-year retrospective study. Intern Emerg Med 15, 727–728 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02159-4

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