How to talk with your doctor about lab results (& what to ask them)

The numbers and reference ranges on lab results can be confusing to contextualize on your own. Your healthcare provider can ...
CMAJ

What happens when laboratory reference ranges change?

Although clinicians understand the importance of reference ranges for the interpretation of laboratory results, they may not consider that a borderline result outside the analytically valid reference ...
Nature

Reference ranges for blood concentrations of eosinophils and monocytes during the neonatal period defined from over 63 000 records in a multihospital health-care system

Blood concentrations of eosinophils and monocytes are part of the complete blood count. Reference ranges for these concentrations during the neonatal period, established by very large sample sizes and ...
CMAJ

Levothyroxine prescribing and laboratory test use after a minor change in reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone

BACKGROUND: Prescribing of levothyroxine and rates of thyroid function testing may be sensitive to minor changes in the upper limit of the reference range for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that ...