In order to make the first appointment for your child more efficient we will often recommend labs to be done before your first appointment. The labs recommended for your child will be determined after their application is reviewed. Ideally these results will be as current as possible and must be drawn no more than two months before the appointment. We most often recommend the following labs for our patients with Down syndrome but may include others based on what is written in the application.
*Please be sure the technicians at the service center fax results to our office at (503) 894-6048.
If you would like information to take to your doctor to help convince him/her to order labs these articles may help:
CRACKING THE CODE FOR THYROID HORMONE SIGNALING
Laboratory Testing in Thyroid Conditions - Pitfalls and Clinical Utility
Why the TSH Lab Test is Not Enough
If you are paying out-of-pocket for labs we suggest you order them yourself through Blood Lab Testing System. These labs are drawn and processed through Labcorp. These are examples of labs we most often request:
- TSH
- free T4
- free T3
- reverse T3
- CBC
- ferritin
*Please be sure the technicians at the service center fax results to our office at (503) 894-6048.
If you would like information to take to your doctor to help convince him/her to order labs these articles may help:
CRACKING THE CODE FOR THYROID HORMONE SIGNALING
Laboratory Testing in Thyroid Conditions - Pitfalls and Clinical Utility
Why the TSH Lab Test is Not Enough
If you are paying out-of-pocket for labs we suggest you order them yourself through Blood Lab Testing System. These labs are drawn and processed through Labcorp. These are examples of labs we most often request:
- TSH, free T4, free T3, reverse T3, TgAb +TPO ($83.00)
- Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential ($10.00)
- Ferritin ($10.00)