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Tests
If specialist coagulation tests are requested, one or more aliquots may be frozen until analysis (or up to two months) at between -15 and -40°C.
Altered blood tests
Please list the tests of particular interest so that some priority can be given to analysis if plasma volumes are small.
The following tests are available 24 hours 7 days per week.
Once we have all your blood tests results, we will contact you to tell you to either; stop taking the tablets (your blood tests are normal), continue taking
The value of these tests is limited by lack of specificity.
Please see Lab Tests Online-UK for more general advice, links and background.
Other services You may also come to the medical day unit if you need: tests for pre-surgery iron infusions tests for hormone production conditions (endocrinology
Will I have any tests?
or active Hepatitis B infection Additional tests are performed on new Hepatitis B surface antigen positives.
such as an ECG, X-ray or blood tests may also be carried out.
Reference ranges 22–29 mmol/L Further information To learn more about bicarbonate visit Lab Tests Online Page last updated 05/06/2018
These tests are not available in the presence of normal oxalate excretion.
To learn more about eGFR visit Lab Tests Online: eGFR - Calc.
Microbiology Notes HIV viral load is the quantifiable measurement of HIV Type 1 in human plasma Further specialist tests for HIV positive patients include