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Cambridge City, IN
A 30-year-old female asked:

Can not drinking enough water before a blood draw for potassium, calcium, total protein, albumin, globulin and hgb cause them to be slightly high.

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Dr. Philip Miller
A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 49 years experience
Doubtful: Lack of hydration would show up in other chemical tests unless you were truly dehydrated at the time of the blood draw.
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Last updated Sep 7, 2017

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