New tests launched in March - Insights
In March 2023, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced twenty nine new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
July 2023 - Clinical Microbiology - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Clinical Microbiology.
bile_acid-associated_tests_ordering_guide.pdf
identify individuals with bile acid diarrhea (1) For screening order 7AC4 / 7AC4, Bile Acid Synthesis, Serum (2) For diagnosis order BAMRP / Bile Acids Malabsorption Panel, Se......
Since the pandemic hit, she's spent a great deal of time vetting antibody tests and has set up a COVID-19 testing program at Mayo Clinic....
Phlebotomy Top Gun: Order of Draw-Do We Still Care? - Insights
recommendations for routine blood collection. Specifically, does evidence demonstrate a need to collect serum tubes before either potassium EDTA or citrate tubes?...
infectious_endocarditis_diagnostic_testing_for_identification_of_microbiological_etiology.pdf
© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. 08/2023 This algorithm is intended for use in patients with clinical and/or echocardiographic findings suggestive of infective endocarditis, based on the...
wilson_disease_testing_algorithm.pdf
psychiatric symptoms ± liver disease ■ Unexplained liver disease (elevated AST, ALT) ■ Normal CP and/or serum Cu ■ Normal 24-hour urine Cu ■ Normal liver function tests ■ K-F ring absent Age ≥15 years Disease-causing...
multiple_myeloma_laboratory_screening.pdf
02/2024© Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. Multiple Myeloma: Laboratory Screening * PATHC / Pathology Consultation may be added at the discretion of the reviewing pathologist. If any of the...
March 2023 - Clinical Biochemistry - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Clinical Biochemistry.
Modified two-tiered testing for Lyme disease - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., discusses the modified two-tiered testing algorithm for Lyme disease entirely based on enzyme immunoassays (EIA).