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If the patient is also required to collect a 24h urine for cortisol, this should be completed before this test is done.
We then re-audited to see if the rate of patients having their care needs cascaded has improved and made suggestions of our next steps.
If possible discuss with a Consultant Anaesthetist.
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If unavoidable, samples can be stored refrigerated overnight.
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following factors are known to significantly affect the performance of the examination or the interpretation of the results: lipaemia, sample clotted (if
IgM CMV IgG CMV avidity In the case of a raised CMV IgG result a CMV IgM test is performed A positive CMV IgM result indicates recent infection If
If low then a functional assay will also be performed. Low levels are seen in hereditary angioedema, which is an autosomal dominant disorder.
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If there is a high index of clinical suspicion send a repeat sample after one week Sample requirements Serum - paired samples not required 8.5ml of blood
For patients on TPN, selenium should only be measured at baseline if there is a risk of deficiency (see NICE guidelines 2006) and then further testing
Required information Relevant clinical details, including time of ingestion, dose/number of tablets if known and time blood sample taken.
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tube - 6mL Maternal Serum tube - 6mL Paternal EDTA tube - 6mL Neonate EDTA tube - 1mL Required Information For neonate sample 1mL EDTA sample if
