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PLASTICS AND SYNTHETICS DIVISION
U. S. STONEWARE AKRON 9, O H I O
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Multiple analysis chart of a patient with chronic renal disease
day. In addition, multiple analyses have been done on all admissions before ward placement. I n other words, if a patient is ambulatory, he reports first to the laboratory where the following routine pro cedures are performed : a 12-channel analysis; red, white and differential blood cell counts; V D R L ; urinaly sis (including microscopies) ; also, his blood type and R h are deter mined. The patient then proceeds to X - r a y where a routine flat film of the chest is t a k e n . I n addition to the admissions and regular bed patients, outpatients are examined at the rate of 25 per day. Figure 5 is a chart from the 12-channel machine ; as can be seen, the patient had low sodium (about 121 m E q / liter), a low potassium, a very low
chloride of 77 m E q / l i t e r , a C 0 2 t h a t is normal, a normal protein, albumin a little low, and calcium somewhat low (shaded areas on the chart represents " n o r m a l " v a l u e s ) . His alkaline phosphatase is slightly elevated, and his bilirubin is nor mal, but his B U N is very high. This patient had a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease. His S G O T was normal. H e had a somewhat impaired glucose tolerance, which is common for people with kidney disease. Figure 6 is a chart for a patient who walked into our Outpatient Clinic. H e is an obvious diabetic with a glucose of 430. H e also has impaired liver function as evidenced by an S G O T of 143, an alkaline phosphatase of 23, and a bilirubin
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