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Default Protein grams and portion control??? Pastorio?

In article >,
"Dee Randall" > wrote:

> >
> > Why not go talk to some of these docs who are ordering these tests in
> > your hospital and find out why they are ordering them?
> >
> > Boron

>
> OTOH, I had a CT a few weeks ago, signed papers for it, etc. when I read the
> fine print (on the front page) that this CT would NOT be done without the
> submission of proof of blood test level of one particular thing, which I do
> not remember at the moment.
> This was an imaging facility/office where people come and go all day, but I
> was not asked if I had had this blood test as a requirement for getting the
> CT.
>
> In my case I should be asking the doctors at that facility why in the h....
> absolutely no one had ordered this test prior, or reception personnel didn't
> required that I had the papers to prove that I had had it done.
>
> Why was no one ordering them?
> It goes both ways.
> Dee Dee
>
>
>


Creatinine... It's a kidney function test.
If the CT was being done using x-ray contrast media, that stuff is
eliminated by the kidneys and they dose it based on whether or not you
have normal renal function.

If they were not injecting you with dye, you did not need that blood
test.

HTH? :-)
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