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Hello colleagues,

I am wondering if you reject requests of lipid profile for in-hospital patients or patients in ICU. I learned that lipid profile should defer analysis for 3 weeks after minor illness and 3 months after major illness because HDL and LDL are negative acute phase reactants. Do we have guidelines to support this practice? Thanks.

Amy-Huiquan Lou, PhD.
Clinical Chemist
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Charlottetown, Canada
Telephone: (902) 894-2316
Fax: (902) 894-2385
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