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Joe Ferguson forever replied to T&C's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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If it isn't, it should be. Pathologists certainly agree, in my experience. "Dr Smith, is it true that Dr Jones was concerned about potassium levels coming out of your lab and Mr Brown died during that same time period from an arrhythmia associated with abnormal potassium levels?" They don't want that.
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nope. done it many times. never been told to f off. That would be very bad form. You think they'd do the same when we discuss the path from a biopsy at tumor board? You really don't know how hospitals work, do you? Also, never ordered CBC without diff. That would be MAGA stupid. A 'peripheral smear for pathology review" is one of the most cost effective "consults" one can do. Actual experts then communicate findings with you.
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https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/youngkin-updates-helene-recovery-and-response-oct-8-2024 The Governor encouraged Virginians to support organizations like United Way Southwest and God's Pit Crew.
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A and PCR. so you take the sample, put it on a cassette, push the cassette into the machine and it spits out a result. and you need to calibrate the machine maybe once a day? And even then, physicians will report aberrant results, sometimes requiring recalibration or change of controls. So that part can be challenging I guess. My question was what is the difference in methodology for the in house vs POC tests. Maybe there's a difference but why reinvent a pretty good POC test? Wouldn't America be better off if Putin died from Covid?
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so educate me. In the hallowed halls of the lab, what is the methodology for rsv, flu, strep, covid multi tests? How do you do all those tests on one nasal swab sample with pipettes, chromatography or bench reagents? My career more than satisfied me. So why was it ok for trump to give scarce testing materials to Putin? You guys do handstands to justify his treason. The best thing for the US would have been putin dying from covid.
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This was surprisingly difficult to findhttps://info.cepheid.com/l/287772/2021-08-02/2jln25?utm_campaign=2024-NAM-US-PARENT-PPC-SEARCH-BRAND-PCRplus&utm_medium=cpc&LeadCampaignID=701Hs000002IU3hIAG&utm_source=bing&utm_term=Cepheid pcr&utm_content=broad-match&msclkid=9cc79526d1fa10a40d28f22e92594066 The GeneXpert and GeneXpert Infinity Systems are available in 2 to 80 modules to meet your lab capacity testing needs and can run our entire menu of tests. Cepheid's GeneXpert Xpress utilizes the same cartridge and module technology in a point of care system designed for near-patient healthcare settings capable of running our CLIA-waived respiratory testing menu. let's keep playing. this is good fun/. A sed rate is a nonspecific test for inflammation but can help with some rheumatologic dxes. If it very high a nothing else is suggested, you look for cancer. Obviously many other causes- infection, lupus, polymyalgia rheumatic, temporsal arteritis, nephritis, myocarditis but this is easily searched unlike the methodology for the multi covid test.
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We don’t have virology departments in our hospitals. These tests are done on cassettes on idiot proof instruments just like chemistries. Even you could do them. But toxicology. Yeah. Different story. And bs, I don’t need to know what subdept of the lab does any test. I used to do plasma catecholamine assays at my tox station. When a urologist or endo had a question hecalled the pathologist who directed them to me. Did you really work in a hospital? Shite most of the time I had residents who would follow up on questionable labs for me