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If you have any allergies or have had bad reactions to any medication or other tests, please tell the nurse and/or doctor.
This can lead to easy or excessive bruising and bleeding.
For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top gel tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 2mL lithium heparin tube (or a
Bronchoscopy where an endoscope is used to examine your airways if you have a cough that won’t go, or are coughing up blood.
Please refer to leaflet GHPI0455 oligospermia or azoospermia.
TRALI is a diagnosis made by exclusion where other causes are not apparent and there has been a recent transfusion of blood or plasma.
If your kidney function has dropped to stage 4 or 5 you can experience a high potassium or high phosphate level.
Some departments work at weekends, or weekend treatments may be given around bank holidays or in the event of a machine breakdown.
Chemical Pathology Notes TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) are antibodies directed against the TSH receptor and may be stimulatory or inhibitory.
(No patient preparation or special handling required) Adult 5ml Gold-top SST tube or 3.5ml Rust-top gel tube (Trust users only) Paediatric 1ml serum Sample
You must NOT lock the bathroom or toilet door or make yourself inaccessible to the person looking after you.
breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant. have kidney or liver problems.
or smoke.
We might also give you advice or equipment to help you increase your physical activity.
Serious or frequently occurring risks If a biopsy is taken or a polyp removed it can lead to bleeding or a perforation (a tear) of the bowel.
The laboratories cannot discuss treatment, give test results or any personal information directly to patients or patient's relatives.
The burns will heal completely within 1 to 2 weeks with little or no scarring.
to tissue atrophy or tumour growth.
Examples include you having a partner for the first time or a change of partner.
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