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bedside test

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bedside test
Lab medicine Any evaluation of analytes close to a Pt who may be a relatively critical state; devices used for BTs may be less accurate than those used in a hospital's laboratory, but have the advantage of short 'turn-around' time–eg, 2 minutes, facilitating therapy using minimal volumes–eg, 0.25–0.5 mL, of specimens; BT may be used for pH, PO2, PCO2, Na+, K+, Hct, glucose, Ca2+, and chloride. Cf Stat testing.


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In case the ECG is normal, and the patient is clinically a suspected case of heart attack, a Troponin T (TnT) strip test of blood must be carried out as it is a bedside test and the results are available at the spot say in just 15 minutes.
 
 
 
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