Date sent: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:22:29 +0100
Subject: Corrected Calcium
From: "JOE BEGLEY" <[log in to unmask]>
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I would like to add another question to Joe's list.
Do the labs reporting corrected calcium quote the same ref range
as uncorrected calcium or have they derived a separate range?
Thanks
Douglas Thompson
> Some views on current practice would be appreciated. Do members:
> 1) Automatically issue a corrected calcium on all requests
> 2) What formulas are used?
> 3) Is correction valid at all albumin levels or just low levels.
> Thanks
>
> Joe Begley
> Poole Hospital
>
Dr Douglas Thompson
Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The General Infirmary
Leeds, LS1 3EX
Tel: 0113 3926503
Fax: 0113 2335672
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