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Assignment on Pathology and Lab Medicine

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Added on  2020-05-04

Assignment on Pathology and Lab Medicine

   Added on 2020-05-04

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Discuss How Results Are InterpretedThe interpretation of the lab results really begins with clinician requesting the right testfor a particular problem being faced. The expectation is that the lab result shall give informationwhich shall support the judgment on subsequent treatment. The actions that clinicians will takehinges on the clinicians understanding of lab result and how to react to the information. Thebrain-to-brain cycle starts from considering a lab analysis to interpretation and to the clinician’sactions. 2 The clinicians using this cycle must be knowledgeable of preanalytical parameters,biochemical tests, biological variation, appropriate time when to have the appropriate sampletaken, analytical parameters, accuracy, diagnostic sensitive and specificity, postanalyticalparameters, clinical decision limits, failure rates and clinical interpretation. The medical lab test entail analyzing samples of blood, urine and or other body fluids ortissues to better understand the health state of a person. Certain lab test give clear informationregarding particular health matter while others give additional general information. The doctormerges information from medical lab tests with the physical examination, health history andadditional diagnostic tests like x-rays or ultrasound prior to coming up with the diagnosis.However, learning what the one’s lab results imply particularly common blood and urine test ishelpful in better understanding more regarding the systems and how the body is functioning.Using an example of blood, the following are critical to interpretation; learning about what aCBC is, learning about cholesterols panels, appreciating what the CMP is, understanding bloodglucose tests. 1Standard Reporting Systems
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