Serum potassium values (mmol/l) in patients who were code positive and code negative for ICD-10 code E87.5 at presentation to the emergency department and at hospital admission according to different algorithms
| Emergency department | Hospital admission | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Median | IQR | N | Median | IQR | |||
| All diagnosis | No | 64294 | 4.0 | 3.7–4.4 | No | 63957 | 4.1 | 3.8–4.5 |
| Yes | 285 | 6.1 | 5.7–6.8 | Yes | 540 | 6.0 | 5.1–6.7 | |
| Main/most responsible diagnosis | No | 64462 | 4.0 | 3.7–4.4 | No | 64430 | 4.1 | 3.8–4.5 |
| Yes | 117 | 6.2 | 5.7–6.9 | Yes | 67 | 6.9 | 6.1–7.5 | |
| Preadmit diagnosis | No | 64127 | 4.1 | 3.8–4.5 | ||||
| Yes | 370 | 6.3 | 5.5–6.9 | |||||
ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision; N, number of patients.