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Blood Tests for Different Conditions & Surgery
This booklet is intended as a practical guide to patient care for registrars, medical officers, interns and medical students attached to the gynaecology units at the University of the Witwatersrand Academic Hospitals. Anyone can use it.
| Miscarriage | Hb, Compat if necessary, U&E, Rh |
| Septic miscarriage | FBC, U&E, ABG, PI/PTT, HIV, Compat |
| Ectopic pregnancy | Hb, U&E, hCG, Rh, if necessary, Compat |
| Gestational trophoblastic disease | FBC, U&E, hCG, thyroid functions, Compat if necessary |
| First trimester termination | Rh group |
| Second trimester termination | Hb*, Rh group, Compat |
| PID Grade 1 (out-patient) | None required. HIV if unknown |
| PID Grade 2 | FBC, U & E, HIV, Compat |
| PID Grade 3, 4 | FBC, U & E, HIV, Compat, ABG if necessary |
| Oncology presentation | FBC, U&E, HIV, CD4(LFT rarely useful) |
| Epithelial ovarian cancer | Above + CA-125, CEA, LFT |
| Germ cell ovarian tumour | Above + AFP, hCG, LDH, LFT |
| Granulosa Cell tumour | Inhibin(if available), LFT |