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You could put a B.M aspirate through a coulter and get some haematological parameters that are useless, isn't this amazing!! I suppose if you spin down the B.M aspirate and you get some serum you can analyse it for urea and creatinine only but not electrolytes.
I am really astonished as to why a B.M aspirate was performed on a patient with severe septic shock and not a central line or a venesection. How are they going to resuscitate the child?
Mohammad
Dr. M Al-Jubouri, Consultant Chemical Pathologist
>From: "Parnham Angela (RTF) NHCT" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "Parnham Angela (RTF) NHCT" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Bone marrow aspirate U&E >Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:53:45 +0100 > >Does anyone have information and / or experience of measuring U&E or FBC on >bone marrow aspirate. This arose on a child with severe septic shock where >the clinicians could not get iv access. From somewhere they had the >understanding that U&E and FBC could be done on such samples. The analyses >were not performed but now we, and they, would like to know if this is >feasible (and what would the U&E results mean). > >Many thanks > >Angela Parnham >Wansbeck General Hospital >Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust > >------ACB discussion List Information-------- >This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical >community working in clinical biochemistry. >Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed >via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and >they are responsible for all message content. > >ACB Web Site >http://www.acb.org.uk >List Archives >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html >List Instructions (How to leave etc.) >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/