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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 top
If you are more than 8 weeks pregnant or unsure of your dates, you need to register as soon as possible.
A CSF sample may be taken if there is a clinical suspicion of central nervous system infection, or infiltration by abnormal or leukaemic cells.
Alternatively, you can speak to your consultant's secretary or booking team to ensure that your records are updated.
Improve the experience of Midwives who are new to trust, whether that be newly qualified, mid-career or late career.
Your child will have some bruising, swelling or oozing affecting the wound/penis.
Quality Improvement is about making a real difference, directly or indirectly to patient care.
We provide care and support to patients experiencing bladder or bowel dysfunction.
“Traditionally, lots of information, advice and support is female-focused, but partners can feel equally unsure or overwhelmed.
investigating fasting hypoglycaemia classification and management of patients with insulin treated diabetes monitoring purposes e.g. following pancreatectomy or
link below) These tests are performed by NHSBT Birmingham The following factors are known to significantly affect the performance of the examination or
Wear or carry a form of diabetes identification and make sure that other people know what to do if you have a hypo.
provides a semen cryopreservation service which enables male patients from across the three counties to store samples of their semen prior to chemotherapy or
Prehabilitation, or prehab, is a service that supports you to improve your fitness, health and overall wellbeing before any planned operation.
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DHEAS levels are usually normal or minimally elevated in PCOS as androgen production is ovarian in origin which is mainly testosterone.
Please see Lab Tests Online-UK for more general advice, links and background Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is used as the primary test for acute or
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In particular flecainide should be avoided if any history of MI, heart failure or structural heart disease.
Notes C-reactive protein (CRP) is a non-specific marker of infection and inflammation and is a more sensitive, rapidly responding indicator than ESR or
