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Low TSH ?on T4 ?overtreatment, inc calcium , suggest repeat fasting Ca
and PTH if no known cause.

I would restrain myself from asking why lipids had been requested on a
96 year old.




[log in to unmask]>, g.challand <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>A 96 year old lady, seeing her Family Doctor. Clinical information is
>'Diabetic'. Serum results were
>
>Sodium:        140 mmol/L
>Potassium:     4.1 mmol/L
>Urea:          7.7 mmol/L      (2.8 - 7.0)
>Creatinine:    88 umol/L       
>Albumin:       36 g/L
>Adjusted calcium:      2.72 mmol/L     (2.10 - 2.55)
>Phosphate:     0.83 mmol/L     (0.81 - 1.45)
>Cholesterol:   3.8 mmol/L
>Triglycerides: 1.1 mmol/L      
>Uric acid:     246 umol/L
>Free T4:       22.9 pmol/L     (10 - 26)
>TSH:           <0.1 U/L        (0.25 - 5.5)
>
>Comment (maximum 2 lines if possible please) directly to me
>([log in to unmask]); not to the mailbase.
>
>Best wishes
>Gordon Challand

-- 
Helen Smith


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