Lisa Friday
Labs We Need POST-OP by Nurse Sharon
Feb 11, 2010
Found this GREAT INFO. from a very hostile forum Question.The responses were...well, you know...something that would've made ME CRY!!!
(because I am a big baby and hate 'strong words' or any conflict whatsoever)
Anyway,
I hated to steal this, but, I am on OH for INFO...
So,
Thanks to Nurse Sharon, I am the benefactor of her scolding a 'newbie'-
(in one response, someone actually referred to the original poster as a 'toddler'...) :
If your lab draws do not include the following, you are not getting the whole picture:
1759- CBC w/diff
10231 – CMP (sodium, potassium, chloride, glucose, BUN, creatinine, calcium, total protein, albumin, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase)
84134 – Pre-albumin
593 – LDH
7600 – Lipid profile (cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, chol/HDL ratio)
10256 – Hep panel (ALT, AST, & GGT)
718 – Phosphorous – inorganic
83735 – Magnesium
905 – Uric acid
945 – Zinc
7444 – Thyroid panel (T3U, T4, FTI, TSH)
367 – Cortisol
7573 – Iron, TIBC, % sat
457 – Ferritin
921 – Vitamin A
680 – Vitamin D (25-hydroxy)
4052 – Vitamin B-1 (thiamin)
84207 – Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine)
7065 – Vitamin B-12 & folate
83970 – Serum intact PTH
Again, a 'sweet' thank you to Nurse Sharon...
YOU are a wealth of information for us newbies/toddlers! Thanks!