Friday, December 10, 2021

Seasonal temperature impacts patient lab results

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/936716

 

 News Release 10-Dec-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Cell Press

 

 Ambient temperature influences the results of some of the most used laboratory tests, and these distortions likely affect medical decision making, such as whether to prescribe medications, researchers report December 10th in the journal Med. The authors say that laboratories could statistically adjust for ambient temperature on test days when reporting lab results to account for day-to-day variability.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambient

Definition of ambient

 (Entry 1 of 2)
1 : existing or present on all sides : encompassing

 the ambient air temperature

 ambient light

 

 ambient sound

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