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Clinical

Laboratory interpretation, comorbidities, special populations, and preparing for a conversation with your own prescriber. General information only.

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96 topics

Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Clinical › Prescriber conversations prior authorisation type 2 diabetes telehealth Posting this under the heading it deserves: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about how to describe something to a clinician rather…	+139	151	47k	18mo
Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of Clinical › Prescriber conversations telehealth prior authorisation beginner friendly Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. A question about how to describe something to a clinician rather…	+137	148	15k	11mo
Thyroid function tests during substantial weight change Clinical › Bloodwork lipase & amylase HbA1c liver enzymes eGFR & renal function Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Thyroid function tests during substantial weight change Everything below is what sits behind that. I was wrong about thyroid function tests during substantial in a…	+136	149	3.3k	8mo
Revisiting: How to bring a laboratory report to an appointment usefully Clinical › Bloodwork HbA1c liver enzymes eGFR & renal function lipid panel Revisiting: How to bring a laboratory report to an appointment usefully — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Asking about bring a laboratory directly, because I have read four…	+143	154	1.7k	21mo
Hypertension improvement and when medication needs revisiting — a second dataset Clinical › Comorbidities blood pressure type 2 diabetes obstructive sleep apnoea MASH / hepatic steatosis Posting this under the heading it deserves: Hypertension improvement and when medication needs revisiting — a second dataset Everything below is what sits behind that. Posting a small dataset on Hypertension…	+126	133	22k	21mo
Which panel is worth repeating and which is worth ignoring Clinical › Bloodwork eGFR & renal function liver enzymes HbA1c Solved The question in the title: Which panel is worth repeating and which is worth ignoring I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. An honest uncertainty about panel rather than a…	+125	133	17k	10mo
Building a sensible monitoring schedule with your prescriber Clinical › Bloodwork HbA1c eGFR & renal function lipase & amylase lipid panel Building a sensible monitoring schedule with your prescriber — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Building a sensible monitoring schedule — I have the observation and I do not…	+91	108	52k	19mo
Which panel is worth repeating and which is worth ignoring — a second dataset Clinical › Bloodwork lipid panel liver enzymes eGFR & renal function lipase & amylase Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Which panel is worth repeating and which is worth ignoring — a second dataset Posting a small dataset on panel. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and…	+108	117	46k	4mo
Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags Clinical › Bloodwork HbA1c thyroid function eGFR & renal function lipase & amylase Under review Reference intervals: how they are constructed and why one in twenty flags — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reference intervals: what I expected, what I found, and the gap…	+104	119	30k	1mo
Obstructive sleep apnoea and a hard endpoint in this class Clinical › Comorbidities chronic kidney disease PCOS obstructive sleep apnoea blood pressure On the subject in the title: Obstructive sleep apnoea and a hard endpoint in this class Working notes rather than a conclusion. I was wrong about obstructive sleep apnoea in a thread last spring and I would…	+120	129	1.8k	13mo
[2026 update] Cardiovascular risk: reading the outcome trials as a set Clinical › Comorbidities PCOS type 2 diabetes chronic kidney disease blood pressure Posting this under the heading it deserves: Cardiovascular risk: reading the outcome trials as a set Everything below is what sits behind that. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin Cardiovascular risk down…	+99	103	32k	11mo
Second pass at: Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: contraindication and washout Clinical › Special populations chronic kidney disease disordered eating older adults Solved Second pass at: Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: contraindication and washout Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Something about Pregnancy and pregnancy…	+111	127	1.6k	6mo
Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: contraindication and washout Clinical › Special populations pregnancy & planning bariatric surgery history chronic kidney disease disordered eating Closed Posting this under the heading it deserves: Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: contraindication and washout Everything below is what sits behind that. Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: setting out the…	+111	122	2.4k	3mo
Older adults, sarcopenia risk, and the trade-off nobody quantifies Clinical › Special populations chronic kidney disease bariatric surgery history older adults pregnancy & planning Older adults, sarcopenia risk, and the trade-off nobody quantifies — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Older adults: setting out the arithmetic in full, because I have had to…	+103	109	12k	5mo
How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone — what changed since Clinical › Prescriber conversations prior authorisation telehealth type 2 diabetes Solved How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone — what changed since — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. A question about how to describe…	+81	92	10k	20mo
Follow-up: History of disordered eating and why it changes the conversation Clinical › Special populations bariatric surgery history older adults pregnancy & planning chronic kidney disease Posting this under the heading it deserves: History of disordered eating and why it changes the conversation Everything below is what sits behind that. What changes if the standard account of History of…	+75	81	23k	10mo
Type 1 diabetes: off-label use and the evidence gap — what changed since Clinical › Special populations adolescents disordered eating older adults Solved Type 1 diabetes: off-label use and the evidence gap — what changed since — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of Type 1 diabetes is wrong?…	+68	77	31k	20mo
Gallbladder disease risk with rapid weight loss Clinical › Comorbidities obstructive sleep apnoea type 2 diabetes chronic kidney disease Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Gallbladder disease risk with rapid weight loss Everything below is what sits behind that. Gallbladder disease risk — I have the observation and I do not trust my…	+56	63	34k	18mo
Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base Clinical › Comorbidities chronic kidney disease obstructive sleep apnoea type 2 diabetes MASH / hepatic steatosis Posting this under the heading it deserves: Type 2 diabetes and the largest part of the evidence base Everything below is what sits behind that. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on type 2…	+81	89	2.9k	3mo
Adolescents: a distinct evidence base — one year on Clinical › Special populations bariatric surgery history disordered eating pregnancy & planning adolescents Pinned Wiki Posting this under the heading it deserves: Adolescents: a distinct evidence base — one year on Everything below is what sits behind that. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about Adolescents.…	+78	88	9.3k	3mo
Hypertension improvement and when medication needs revisiting Clinical › Comorbidities type 2 diabetes MASH / hepatic steatosis chronic kidney disease Closed Hypertension improvement and when medication needs revisiting Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Hypertension improvement: setting out the arithmetic in full,…	+74	79	1.1k	10mo
Fasting versus non-fasting and which tests care Clinical › Bloodwork eGFR & renal function lipase & amylase HbA1c Solved Fasting versus non-fasting and which tests care Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Fasting versus non-fasting: what I expected, what I found, and the gap…	+72	78	14k	19h
[2026 update] Thyroid function tests during substantial weight change Clinical › Bloodwork eGFR & renal function lipase & amylase HbA1c thyroid function Thyroid function tests during substantial weight change Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. What changes if the standard account of Thyroid function tests during…	+69	74	4.5k	2mo
Revisiting: Liver enzymes drifting down and what that usually means Clinical › Bloodwork thyroid function eGFR & renal function liver enzymes lipase & amylase On the subject in the title: Revisiting: Liver enzymes drifting down and what that usually means Working notes rather than a conclusion. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about Liver enzymes…	+55	61	39k	3h
Liver enzymes drifting down and what that usually means Clinical › Bloodwork HbA1c liver enzymes eGFR & renal function Solved Closed Liver enzymes drifting down and what that usually means — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A methods question rather than a substantive one, about liver enzymes drifting.…	+66	72	12k	4mo
What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use — a second dataset Clinical › Prescriber conversations telehealth beginner friendly prior authorisation What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. A question about how to describe something…	+80	86	5.6k	3h
A single out-of-range value on an otherwise normal panel Clinical › Bloodwork lipid panel HbA1c liver enzymes lipase & amylase Posting this under the heading it deserves: A single out-of-range value on an otherwise normal panel Everything below is what sits behind that. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…	+70	75	20k	6d
Older adults, sarcopenia risk, and the trade-off nobody quantifies — the long version Clinical › Special populations older adults chronic kidney disease adolescents disordered eating Older adults, sarcopenia risk, and the trade-off nobody quantifies — the long version — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. A narrow question about Older adults, deliberately…	+64	69	15k	7mo
Hepatic steatosis: what the MASH trial evidence supports Clinical › Comorbidities MASH / hepatic steatosis PCOS type 2 diabetes chronic kidney disease Hepatic steatosis: what the MASH trial evidence supports — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on hepatic steatosis, before…	+77	83	950	13mo
Coming back to: Getting a referral rather than a refusal Clinical › Prescriber conversations prior authorisation telehealth type 2 diabetes beginner friendly Solved Posting this under the heading it deserves: Getting a referral rather than a refusal Everything below is what sits behind that. Working notes on Getting a referral rather than a conclusion. I would rather…	+69	74	1.7k	13mo

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