Guest guest Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 I am curious if any of your patients that are relatively young (40-50s) with active lifestyles and healthy diets get further lab tests such as VAP? My patient is 49 and active, just had lipids drawn: Total 267 HDL 90 LDL 143 Your thoughts? Judy Simon MS,RD,CD,CHES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Personally, I opted for an ultrasound on my carotids. The cost difference was slight - at least for me. On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 3:58 PM, JUDY D. SIMON wrote: > > I am curious if any of your patients that are relatively young (40-50s) > with active lifestyles and healthy diets get further lab tests such as VAP? > > My patient is 49 and active, just had lipids drawn: > > Total 267 HDL 90 LDL 143 > > Your thoughts? > > Judy Simon MS,RD,CD,CHES > > > -- Ortiz, RD Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit. More die in the United States of too much food than of too little. If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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