Talk:Blood test

Proposed merge to reference ranges
Should this be merged with Reference ranges for common blood tests? Karada 22:34, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)


 * Probably not. I intened (when I started) that Rrfcbt would just be like an appendix of a textbook or something. But you're right, there is a lot of overlap between this page, rrfcbt and the page components of blood. There's no rush to fix it though. :-D T 01:53, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I think what's needed is a different organization, with a separate article for each test (or related group of tests), the article containing a description of the test, reference ranges, and some info on interpretation. Kind of organized like a Wiktionary article.

Something like:

Name -- Alternate names -- Common abbreviations -- How collected -- How processed -- What is being measured -- Reference range -- Basic interpretation & disease indications -- Related tests (links)

This is an area where there's a lack of a good, reliable internet resource, and Wiki could provide it.

From the introduction, "For these reasons, blood tests are the most commonly performed medical tests. Blood is obtained from a patient by venipuncture, except for tests such as Arterial blood gas. This is not a reliable source." Not a reliable source for WHAT? RoseWill 09:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)


 * On the topic of merging, does it make sense to somehow interlink this article with: List of medical tests ? Claes Lindhardt (talk) 20:43, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * as well as Category talk:Blood tests Claes Lindhardt (talk) 21:07, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Chem 7 diagram
The chem 7 results are usually presented in a 7 box diagram. It would help if we put up a picture of it and identify which squares correspond to which lab values (ie BUN, Glucose, K, etc). 148.4.41.49 15:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

This is the general format of the results of the SMA-7, by the way.

Na+ |Cl- |BUN /

––––|––––|–––– Glucose

K+ |CO2 |SCr \

Well not exactly how it looks, but you get the idea. 148.4.41.49 15:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Common abbreviations used by doctors?
Should this article mention common abbreviations used by doctors? A few people are going to get here (I'm one of them) by searching for the letters their doctors have written on forms for blood tests. EG: "UE, LV, F" - urea & electrolytes, Liver, but I have no idea what the F is for. Maybe other people have come to Wikipedia via the same route. 82.33.46.11 22:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

What can a blood test achieve?
What types of illness can be identified by blood test and which can't? Is it straightforward to group these types of illness? Pgr94 16:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

If You Smoke Pot, As I Found Out Today... SapientiaSativa 04:40, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Fasting for STD Testing??
It's been a while since I've ordered tests, but I've never heard of fasting before an STD test. Arouet760 (talk) 01:17, 15 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Add a citation to that statement. I've never heard of that either. --Rcej (talk) 01:28, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

CHEM 7
Chem 7 redirects here. What does it include? Please write it down in the article. --84.137.13.82 (talk) 21:08, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Invasive or non-invasive?
Currently the article reads: Venipuncture is useful as it is a relatively non-invasive way to obtain cells

with the link to 'Invasiveness of surgical procedures' article, which reads: A medical procedure is strictly defined as non-invasive when no break in the skin is created and there is no contact with the mucosa, or skin break, or internal body cavity beyond a natural or artificial body orifice

Venipuncture requires puncture of the skin, and is therefore an invasive procedure. I know blood tests are viewed casually in most Western societies, however the risk of infection is real, and is a major motivator into classifying the procedure as invasive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.233.91.199 (talk) 16:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * It says "relatively", which is true. There is no risk of infection as long as single-use, disposable needles are used. Graham Colm (talk) 16:32, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

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Plasma vs Serum when taking blood tests?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrinogen: "Normal FibrinoGen levels are about 1.5-3 g/L = 0.15% - 0.30%".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serum_%28blood%29 "Serum: it is the blood plasma not including the fibrinogens".

So if one measures for example Plasma Ferritin and Serum Ferritin, they should be >99% the same?

But then I found this: http://www.hset.org/cms/Default.aspx?Page=4208 "Today, plasma is preferred for many, but not all, laboratory investigations because the constituents in plasma reflect better the PATHOLOGICAL situation of a patient than in serum".

I'm confused. ee1518 (talk) 08:24, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Cancer Blood test
This wikipedia article now says: "On 30 October 2015, researchers at the VUMC Cancer Center Amsterdam reported developing a blood test that, from a single drop of blood, can diagnose cancer with a probability of 97%, and about 6-8% probability of a false diagnosis, in healthy patients".

When writing these kind of texts, it would be nice to include information is there a blood test a consumer can buy? And what is the Exact Name of the blood test if a consumer wants to Google or Bing it?

And now Wikipedia reads like this test can detect ANY kind of cancer: prostate, breast, melanoma... Could we be more specific?

ee1518 (talk) 08:29, 28 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I am removing the section in the introduction regarding the 'cancer blood test'. Having read through the article in question it does not state that cancer can be detected through a blood test, but rather was an experiment that looked at (and found) some merit in using blood platelets as a possible means of detecting the presence of cancer. Not only is this a treatment that is not available/not proven (and hence this is misleading information) it is not really relevant to the intro section either. If further evidence comes to light and screening of cancer through blood becomes routine then it may become more relevant and need to be included. Stingray Trainer (talk) 21:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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Please compare and distinguish from the term "Phlebotomy".
Please compare and dystinguish from term "Phlebotomy" and "phlebotomist" from blood sampl collection and blod test. Thank. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:409A:A50F:0:0:378:70AC (talk) 01:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Blood collection
If you give me permission to write a contact on the blood collection then I'll write on it. My website :- www.erumeducation.xyz Tshams68 (talk) 09:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that is against our policies. We do not allow advertising. Graham Beards (talk) 12:36, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Hbalc
These bloods once year Hbalc 2A02:C7F:8B72:3A00:450C:A91B:FEAB:9B54 (talk) 12:10, 23 March 2023 (UTC)