Re: results but reference range grrr

[Guest guest]

Hi Sha

Which hospital was it? Some of them publish their laboratory docs online, eg, i

think one of the birmingham ones does this

chris

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> is there anyway i can get hospitals reference ranges? i have all my results

but don't know where i am in ranges now.

> they didn't know reference ranges btw

> love sha xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris

its Derriford in plymouth, how would i be able to find them?

love Sha xxxxxxxxx

> >

> > is there anyway i can get hospitals reference ranges? i have all my results

but don't know where i am in ranges now.

> > they didn't know reference ranges btw

> > love sha xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Try this:

http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ourservices/healthcareprofessionalsguide/Doc\

uments/Plymouth%20Handbook%20Sept%202007.pdf

if u scroll thru, it does have ref ranges in - am assuming that all plymouth

hospitals have the same ref ranges, tho that is a big assumption!

chris

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> Hi Chris

> its Derriford in plymouth, how would i be able to find them?

[Guest guest]

Hi Chris

thankyou , i've found some but some are not there .

my magnesium level is 0.8 their range is (0-74)

my ferritin is 78 their range is (13-150)

my iron levels are 21 their range is ( 10-30)

i can't find the Transferrin range my result is 2.34

my transferrin saturation is 35.72% cant find their range for that either.

my folate is 6.5 can't find their range for that either

my B12 levels are 362 can't find their range for that one either.

love Sha xxxxxxxxxxxxx

> >

> > Hi Chris

> > its Derriford in plymouth, how would i be able to find them?

>

[Guest guest]

Looks like it might be the right one:

http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ourservices/healthcareprofessionalsguide/Pag\

es/Microbiology.aspx

The Microbiology Department is located on Level 5 of Derriford Hospital, and

processes more than 340,000 specimens a year from hospital and General Practice

patients. We provide a 24/7 service, and also have a Food, Water and

Environmental laboratory which analyses samples for the Local Authorities and

the food industry. We are involved in a number of research projects, covering

areas such as antibiotic resistance, rapid MRSA testing, and PVL Staph aureus.

The Department employs 50 people, including medical, biomedical scientist,

administrative and ancillary staff

[Guest guest]

How can they NOT know reference ranges - how can they interpret serum

tests without a reference range. How do they know whether your results are at

the bottom, the middle, the top or even outside of the reference range.

Telephone the hospital laboratory and ask them for these where you had your

blood tested. Doctors, nurses, laboratory staff cannot withhold these from you

under the Data protection Act 1998, so don't allow them to try to pull the wool

over your eyes. Be firm, but polite and let them know you need the results and

the reference range for all tests you have had done.

Luv - Sheila

is there anyway i can get hospitals reference

ranges? i have all my results but don't know where i am in ranges now.

they didn't know reference ranges btw

love sha xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx