Author: The Mislabeled Specimen

Determine the 24 hour creatinine clearance in ml/min using the measured serum and urine creatinine and total volume. Formula: Creatinine… Continue reading 24 Hr Creatinine Clearance

Calculate the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) using the patient's serum creatinine level, age, race and sex. Formula: The IDMS-traceable… Continue reading Estimated GFR

Calculate the volume of a 75 gram or 100 gram glucose load based on the pediatric patient's weight in kilograms.… Continue reading Pediatric OGTT

Percent difference is calculated as the difference between two values, divided by the average of the two values, expressed in… Continue reading Percent Difference

Calculator used to determine the amount of diluent need to get the desired concentration of a known solution. Formula: Initial… Continue reading Solution Dilution

Manually calculate the sample's INR with the sample's prothrombin Time, average prothrombin time of normal patients, and the reagent's ISI.… Continue reading INR Manual Calculation

Calculate Absolute Neutrophil Count from the Relative Neutrophil Count and total WBC count. Formula: Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) = WBC… Continue reading Absolute Neutrophil Count

Calculate the iron saturation (%) from the ratio between serum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC). Formula: The percentage… Continue reading Iron Saturation

Calculates gap from the difference between the cations (sodium & potassium) and anions (chloride and bicarbonate) to assess acid base… Continue reading Anion Gap

Calculates the Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH), and the Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC) using Hemoglobin, Hematocrit… Continue reading RBC Indices