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LABORATORY STUDIES

Posted By: Revelin on 2006-05-26
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Subject: LABORATORY STUDIES

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LABORATORY STUDIES:  WHAT IS SMAC




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Laboratory help
Subject: Laboratory help

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Subject: laboratory help

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Subject: laboratory data

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Subject: Laboratory Word Help

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Subject: No laboratory work given ...

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Subject: laboratory data

s/l: SMAC


Laboratory studies on admission revealed the unremarkable SMAC except for elevated LDH of 278


laboratory data
Subject: laboratory data

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Laboratory data
Subject: Laboratory data

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Subject: Laboratory Data Help

Doctor is giving laboratory data s/l uracta protein.  TIA.
Laboratory question
Subject: Laboratory question


Diagnostic studies prior to admission included a white blood cell count of 8,300 with a hemoglobin of 14.6 grams per deciliter and hematocrit of 42.6 volumes/percent.


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Subject: laboratory test

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Subject: Laboratory Test

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Subject: laboratory test

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Subject: laboratory results

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Laboratory data
Subject: Laboratory data

Patient’s urinalysis showed 20 to 25 red cells, for ____ field white cells, many bacteria, many nitrite positive, leukocyte esterase positive and in large amounts.


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Laboratories show slightly elevated C-reactive protein, but it is negligible at 12.6 S/L: LIMIT ABNORMAL 10, sedimentation rate normal at 30, negative Lyme titer. 


 


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Subject: laboratory data- blood count

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Subject: Something like ELISA studies? sm

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Subject: We us coagulation studies as we are not

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Subject: Protime and prothrombin time. They are two different studies.

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non-invasive blood flow studies...


noninvasive blood flow studies...


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Noninvasive blood-flow studies...
Subject: Noninvasive blood-flow studies...

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