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Chemical Pathology Notes In cases of salicylate overdose please access TOXBASE, the database of the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS), or contact
Sample requirements For adults, blood taken into a 5mL gold top tube (or rust top for the Acute Unit) For children, blood taken into a 3.5mL rust
Chemical Pathology Notes Gut hormone levels are indicated in the investigation of patients with symptoms suggestive of a neuroendocrine tumour or for screening
Music We have a Bluetooth speaker in theatre for you to play your own music or we can play a relaxing playlist for you.
Families were asked questions about all aspects of their maternity care from the first time they saw a clinician or midwife, during labour and birth, through
Use for 5 days up to and including the day of your surgery for having a wash, bath or shower.
The CNS team can be contacted by patients and loved ones who have questions or concerns regarding treatment or its side effects.
Please do not call the Microbiology department (laboratory or CMM) for results.
Staff have to walk down or ring the dispensary. Both of which are time consuming.
It is also easy to get caught up in unhelpful or self-critical thoughts such as “I’ll just do 5 more minutes” or “I’m letting everybody down”.
This includes automatic breast screening appointments, and GP referrals for breast lumps, changes, or discharge.
or email address for an electronic copy contact name appropriate hazard warnings Sample to be collected in a gold topped serum tube.
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.
Do you need us to bring the Green Form or a copy in order to collect the patient?
You may also have surgery and/or Radiotherapy alongside it.
No photography or videos are allowed during the scan.
Please discuss with your GP or consultant before restarting iron tablets.
Low or undetectable levels of alpha-galactosidase in males is consistent with Fabry's and can be confirmed by genetic testing.
presents with xanthomas on their skin and the doctor suspects Type III hyperlipoproteinaemia (also known as dysbetalipoproteinaemia, remnant disease or
These patients may present with profound neurological and metabolic problems in infancy, or neurological and adrenal problems in childhood and adult life