Heel prick test
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Topic: Heel prick test
Posted By: mummy_becks
Subject: Heel prick test
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:38am
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Does anyone know the formal name of this test?? ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:41am
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Bilirubin. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:43am
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Not that one the one that they have to cover the 4 circles with blood. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:47am
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They covered 4 circles with blood when they tested K for her Bili test, but I do know the one your talking about... Let me talk to my mum who's in Phlebotomy and I'll get back to you -------------  
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Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:49am
| I think it's the Guthrie Card? |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:53am
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Yep Guthries ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:54am
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My mw called it the Guthrie test
(took 4 pricks to get enough blood - my baby is NOT a bleeder!) Bilirubin is another name for jaundice, isn't it? ------------- 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 11:00am
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Bilirubin is the formal name for Jaundice, as its the amount of bilirubin in the body that makes you jaundice. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 4:49pm
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lol - why do you ask Becks?
(ETA: Bilirubin isn't the formal name for jaundice - it's the name of the substance that CAUSES jaundice if it's in too higher amounts in the blood, Jaundice is what happens when the amount gets too high for the liver to process quick enough)  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 5:29pm
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Why did I need it, coz one of my assignments I have to research an autosomal recessive disorder and the one I have done you pick up when doing the heal prick test and I didn't want to write heel prick test I wanted the right name. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 22 July 2008 at 7:12pm
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hehe heal! -------------  |