Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Longtemazepam To Work

Case No 8: misspelling, chlamydia Chlamydia in Italian or Latin? No case

Parts tariff: 90.89.3
CHLAMYDIA CULTURE FROM MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION (Col. iodine, Giemsa). € 3.45
90.89.4 CHLAMYDIA BY CROP IDENTIFICATION (IF). € 3.65
90.89.5 CHLAMYDIA CULTURE REVIEW. € 25.70
90.90.1 CHLAMYDIA DIRECT RESEARCH (EIA). € 7.90
90.90.2 CHLAMYDIA DIRECT RESEARCH (IF). € 14.30
90.90.3 CHLAMYDIA DIRECT SEARCH (by hybridization). € 27.25

phylum chlamydiae Scientific name: Chlamydia trachomatis
, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Chlamydophila psittaci
So either chlamydia or Chlamydiae not Chlamydia

some links:

Friday, December 8, 2006

How To Freeze Carrot Juice

7: reflex testing and prescription health

http://extra.ulss16.padova.it/NEWS/allegati/leggi/ @ 30575.258.pdf
http://pacs.unica.it/Guida_illustrata.pdf
http:// pacs.unica.it / Guida_rapida.pdf

For a variety of reasons (not to modify, exemptions, etc. ..) the additional benefits must be supported by additional commitments.
What happens if the prescriber assumes in advance the additional benefits, such as reflex testing? For example, asking for a bacterial culture as "any susceptibility?
patients, if necessary, agree to pay the additional fee for the examination, but do not understand the reasoning of the "share recipes".

Monday, December 4, 2006

Undigested Food Stool

Case No 6: Free testosterone and SHBG

Current nomenclature:
TESTOSTERONE [P / U]. 13:25 € 90.41.3
free testosterone. € 16.10 90.41.4

performance niche AO Padova:
SHBG 17:50

94,774 Note: "... If testosterone levels are low-normal and the Symptoms and signs indicated hypogonadism, the testosterone study Should be repeated, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) or a free testosterone level by equilibrium Dialysis Should Be Determined ... "
( AAME 2002 guideline update )

Question: appropriate to include in the same request SHBG and free testosterone?

Saturday, December 2, 2006

How Many Caories Can You Burn With A Sweat Suit

case 5: EBV antibodies

Parts Now: 91.21.1
Epstein Barr virus [EBV] ANTIBODIES (EA or EBNA or VCA) (EIA). € 13.75
91.21.2 Epstein Barr virus [EBV] ANTIBODIES (EA or EBNA or VCA) (Titration by IF). . € 12.70
91.21.3 Epstein Barr virus [EBV] heterophilic antibodies (rapid test). € 7.80
91.21.4 Epstein Barr virus [EBV] heterophilic antibodies [R. Paul Bunnell Davidsohn]. € 8.85

Questions:

  1. obsolete titration using IF? Paul Bunnell Davidsohn
  2. obsolete?
  3. typical panel (EBNA + EA + + VCAG VCAM) 91.21.1 x = 4?

link:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ebv/glance.html