In order to make the first appointment for your child most efficient we require the following test results to be submitted before your first appointment. Ideally these results will be as current as possible and must be drawn no more than two months before the appointment. The tests are:
** Reverse T3 is a mandatory lab test that we require for new patients with T21. Please contact our office if you are unable to get this lab from your doctor so that we can help you get it.
*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. We require the following labs:
- TSH
- free T4
- free T3
- reverse T3**
- TPO
- TgAb
- CBC
- Ferritin
** Reverse T3 is a mandatory lab test that we require for new patients with T21. Please contact our office if you are unable to get this lab from your doctor so that we can help you get it.
*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. We require the following labs:
- TSH, free T4, free T3, reverse T3, TgAb +TPO ($83.00)
- Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential ($10.00)
- Ferritin ($10.00)