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c/bloodwork·posted 1 year ago by u/lina_almeida

[PSA] baseline labs is not what most of this community thinks it is

Concerning Sourced ×9 Cold Box ×2 Slow Clap ×2

Quick one. Canada here.

A1c works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US.

Specifics: the route I used took 8 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost. The thing that would have saved me the most time was knowing which document to ask for at the start.

Happy to answer questions from anyone in the same jurisdiction.

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical211 points·1 year ago

The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.

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u/vito_chowdhury118 points·1 year ago

Strongly agree. ALT is where you catch the liver story early.

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u/anders_vermeulen73 points·1 year ago

ALT is where the fatty-liver story shows up first

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u/intent_to_treat165 points·1 year ago

eGFR noise during rapid loss is expected

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u/elin_varga79 points·1 year ago

Yeah, baseline matters more than any later number.

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