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What does a potassium of 5.8 mean on a routine blood test

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What is the range?

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Hi Bronx1969,

I am sure I once had to have a blood test repeated because it came back with a high potassium reading. I was told that it could be because they had left the blood standing for too long from drawing the blood to actually doing the testing. The repeat test was absolutely fine.

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