leadsag
Joined: 31 Oct 2002
Posts: 263
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 1:29 am Post subject: monthly labs
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Question raised on yahoo board regarding labs got me thinking. Generally labs drawn on Wednesday or Thursday(Mid week run) so that patient has only 1 day between runs. If labs were drawn on Monday/Tuesday after 2 days off dialysis would the labs results appear better? Bigger change from pre to post? Just wondering what some experts thought.
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In theory
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 1
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 5:16 am Post subject: YES
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Since the blood is dirtier there is a greater chemical gradient resulting in higher mass transfer
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leadsag
Joined: 31 Oct 2002
Posts: 263
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:16 am Post subject: Quality
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And you can bet that they wil be jumping up and down looking for a pat on the back for how they "improved" the outcomes/quality of the treatments !!!!<
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>Is that what you call Spin or what?
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jfwag
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Posts: 140
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Quality
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We always did labs after two days because we could get a truer reading, so they told us.
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SHIRTS
Joined: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 39
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:23 am Post subject: LABS
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MONDAY IS OUR ONLY LAB DAY<
>NO REASON IS EVER GIVEN<
>I DON'T TRUST THE RESULTS ANYWAY <
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>STAY WELL
