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Should I reschedule blood work that's 10 minutes prior to MRI?
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@delphiniums
Depending on the type of blood work they are doing, there is no way of knowing if contrast will have an effect. Will you have results of bloodwork done locally be available and do you know if running same test? Maybe you should call back and ask about contrast affecting blood test ordered for cath and what blood tests they have ordered?
What time are you arriving day before your appointments, any way you can get blood work done day before?
Scheduling can be hassle. Do not want blood test interfering with the cath.
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We won't be in until late Sunday night, and his MRI is first thing Monday morning and the cath is first thing Tuesday morning. I did check and they were planning to run a CBC. He had both a CBC and Comprehensive Metabolic completed locally today and we'll be bringing those reports with us.
Last time he had a cath, they ran a stat kidney and lipid panel just moments before to check his values, but that was a local hospital not Mayo.
I was surprised Mayo didn't schedule for any blood work other than the CBC; I'm assuming they'll be doing the additional tests in the cath lab Tuesday morning like the other hospital lab did.