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1. In dilutional hyponatremia, what sort of result is seen; false negative, false positive or true negative? Please can you explain
2. If a test shows that the potassium level is 4.1mEq(3.5-5.0) but in fact the correct value is 2.3mEq/L , what sort of result is this? is it false negative or false positive. Please explain.