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If it is safe to do so, your baby will be in a cot by your side allowing you to be involved in their care.
Samples cannot be sent through the post or dropped off at your GP’s surgery. These will be rejected.
Only to be initiated by (or on the advice of) a Specialist
If patients’ own medicines are not available, the administration section should be crossed through to indicate that they will not be given during the hospital
When it is safe for you to go to recovery you will be able to be with them again. You will be able to take them home later that day.
They will be provided in the clinic and must be worn while the lamps are on.
You will be asked to complete an IT access form.
You will be in a state called conscious sedation.
Your wound will be left open.
All other medication can be taken as normal.
made in order for their needs to be met while they are in hospital.
You will be advised if this is the case.
The test can be ordered as an urgent request.
Any X-rays taken will be reviewed by a specialist doctor. If there is any concern that there may be a more serious injury, you will be contacted.
Methanol can be assayed on the same sample as ethylene glycol but this must be specified at the time of requesting.
Sometimes parenteral nutrition might be restarted if baby develops a problem with their gut and enteral feeds need to be stopped for a longer period of
Without this information, the test will not be performed.
If the B12 is between 150 and 180 ng/l, a therapeutic trial should be given.
on EDTA, Serum B12 and Folate can only be performed on clotted samples (gold / red top).
Higher than normal ammonia levels may be seen in infection in neonates but levels greater than 200 µmol/L should always be considered as significant.