Lab Help, please

December 31, 2002

I really do not know of what I speak, but was just wondering...

Sometimes lab work is not just for naturally occuring substances in the

body, but to measure something in the blood that is used as a treatment. I

don't even know what type of cancer this patient has or for what type of

metastasis they're being checked, but I did find HLBI for human

lymphoblastoid interferon in my Medical Abbreviations & Eponyms 2nd edition.

Could that be what they're saying? I don't even know what the normal

reference range would be in lab work for this if it was being used as a

treatment for something.

I also found H & H to be hematocrit and hemoglobin, but again, I don't know

what the normal reference ranges are. HTH. )

Joy

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To: <nmtc >

Subject: Lab Help, please

Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:05:39 -0600

Labs are definitely not my strong point. Any help is appreciated.

Patient is in for MRI & lab follow-up for suspected metastasis. Findings

are as follows: S/l HLBA, 27 He later says this again as " HLBA is 27. " I

am finding HLA-B27 in my lab reference so this doesn't make sense to me. He

does on to say, Rheumatoid factor and ANA are not available, however the s/l

HNH (but could also be saying H and H) is lower than I would expect at 12.3

and 35. s/l RDW is elevated at 15.9 and sed rate is also elevated at 23.

Am I even in the ball park, here?

Dawn C. §(ºoº)§

M-TEC Student

IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM

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