Res ipse loquitor
Robert Forrest
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Avril Owen
> Sent: 31 July 1999 19:47
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: Roger Kingswell
> Subject: thyroxine OD
>
>
> Snip
>I first spoke to the paediatric SHO who
> had been advised by the poisons unit at Guy's that a 6 hour
> thyroxine level
> was needed asap.
> This scenario follows two discussions on the mailbase re: TFT in recent
> times, one involving the advice given by the poisons unit. In our
> situation,
> I discussed the request with the consultant paediatrician and agreed to do
> the test that night (partly because the technology now makes it
> easy to do).
>Snip
>
> Guy's were phoned for a second time on day 3, and the consultant
> paediatrician was told to 'ask the lab to dilute the sample so that an
> accurate result for fT4 could be obtained'.
>
> any comments?
>
> Avril Owen
> Biochemist
> Ysbyty Gwynedd
> Bangor
> North Wales
> UK
>
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