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Re: Preeclampsia Lab PackageFrom: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)Fri Jun 26 22:21:07 1998
At Fri, 26 Jun 1998, Braun, R. Daniel wrote: > >Why do we persist in obtaining all these useless labs on our patients >who are pre-eclamptic?? Do we really need to get liver functions and >uric acids on the 17 Y/O who presents at 39 weeks with a BP of 140/90 >and 3+ proteinuria?? One of our hospitals has a "DIC" panel (or maybe they did, until HCFA hit), and the nurses always wanted to draw one. Dan, I largely agree, but I kind of like to get an SGOT and a creatinine, as well as the ubiquitous CBC; once you order those 2 chems, you might as well get the panel or whatever thye're offering. I get fibrinogens, too, and I'm not sure why. I don't get PT/PTTs, but sure do see them ordered a lot. Garry
-- Garry E. Siegel, M.D., FACOG Private Practice Roswell, Ga.
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