You might think differently if you were 80, especially if your parents had
lived into their 90s. Management should be appropriate to the individual,
not a prejudice!
William M
At 08:27 31/01/2002 +0000, Dr Howard Worth, Clinical Chemistry @KMC wrote:
>Following Chris Lovell Smith's comments, I wonder about the efficacy of a
>major investigation (and treatment) of an 80 your old with no previous
>history of lipidemia. This point of view did not attract the sympathy of
>the assessors!
>
>Howard Worth
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Lovell-Smith [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 31 January 2002 01:43
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: FW: advice/ NEQAS Case 111
> >
> > Hi, I also wonder about the [highly scoring] suggestion that an
> > 80-year-old man might be presenting with FH, presumably for the first
> > time? I thought it very unlikely, and would be pleased to get some
> > references to clarify my thinking. Thanks
> > Dr Chris Lovell-Smith
> > Chemical Pathologist and Clinical Leader
> > Healthlab Otago, Dunedin Hospital
> > DUNEDIN, NZ
> > 64 3 474 7925
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patel Bharat [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2002 03:43
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: advice
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > What do others think about biochemist(non medical) advising on drug
> > treatment?
> >
> > This comes from the last ACB case about hyperlipidaemia and advising
> > about
> > statin Rx.
> >
> > Bharat
> >
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