lab values
Posted By: nowRNwasMT on 2005-11-19
In Reply to: typing lab values - anon
hope i'm understanding your question!
depends on the value. for instance, the doc could say a patient has a WBC of "twenty," and that would mean "twenty thousand" (per micro-liter). if it's, say, an electrolyte (like potassium), then you would just type the value ("three point five" = "3.5).
there's a good reference for lab values (sometimes TMI--lol): a manual of laboratory and diagnostic tests (fischbach). 
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typing lab values
Can someone please help with ponters on how to type lab values in H&Ps. Which ones are commonly dictated one way but meant to be typed using decimal point values? thx in advance for your help.
Not as a newbie! Lots of new drugs, lab values, tests, implants, etc. Clinic would be better. nm
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