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What Does This Blood Report Indicate?
Question: I am trying to get some answers of a pass hospitalization. I was running a temp of 105 with chest pains. My blood work had a low BUN of 2.1, low Co2 of 20, low Uric Acid 2.3, low PLT of 128, high CRP of .74, high ALT of 75, and high AST of 68. The reason is that my EKG is messing and I recently had an abnormal one for prolong qt. I saw a cardiologist yesterday and he said that he would of loved to see the EKG of that time but I was living in South Korea. I almost had a heart XXXXXXX then but they thought it would be better to hold off because of fever. I found blood work last night and I am trying to see if this is something I should mention to him.
Brief Answer:
None of these blood tests are specific for cardiac evaluation.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
That sounds like it was a scary event. The labs you listed show inflammation (CRP) and mildly elevated liver enzymes (AST, ALT). The low CO2 is likely from rapid breathing from pain and fever.
I think the things that would be helpful for your cardiologist to see would be
Troponin
Cardiac enzymes
(these are blood tests)
Also, I imagine they did a chest X-ray if you had fever and chest pain. That info would be helpful. And of course all EKGs.
I'm sure it would't hurt to send your cardiologist these labs, but I don't know that it would help him a lot.
Can you contact the hospital you were in in South Korea and ask for a release of records, specifying the above information? I imagine you went in thru the ER initially so the records from there would be good too (perhaps that is where the labs you listed are from). I do not know the laws in South Korea, but in the US you are certainly entitled to your records - you just have to sign forms to get them released. The more specific you can be about what days and types of evaluations you are looking for the better.
None of these blood tests are specific for cardiac evaluation.
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
That sounds like it was a scary event. The labs you listed show inflammation (CRP) and mildly elevated liver enzymes (AST, ALT). The low CO2 is likely from rapid breathing from pain and fever.
I think the things that would be helpful for your cardiologist to see would be
Troponin
Cardiac enzymes
(these are blood tests)
Also, I imagine they did a chest X-ray if you had fever and chest pain. That info would be helpful. And of course all EKGs.
I'm sure it would't hurt to send your cardiologist these labs, but I don't know that it would help him a lot.
Can you contact the hospital you were in in South Korea and ask for a release of records, specifying the above information? I imagine you went in thru the ER initially so the records from there would be good too (perhaps that is where the labs you listed are from). I do not know the laws in South Korea, but in the US you are certainly entitled to your records - you just have to sign forms to get them released. The more specific you can be about what days and types of evaluations you are looking for the better.
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