Baseline laboratory panel (revision 1)
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| Baseline laboratory panel | |
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| Purpose | A comparator for later measurements |
| Principle | Same laboratory, same assay, same conditions |
| Common domains | Glycaemic, lipid, hepatic, renal, thyroid |
| List infobox · conventions | |
A baseline laboratory panel is the set of measurements taken before an intervention begins, so that measurements taken later have something to be compared against. Its value lies in the comparison rather than in any individual value.[1]
The principle that makes a baseline useful is consistency: the same analytes, on the same assay platform, under the same collection conditions. A follow-up measurement from a different laboratory may differ from the baseline by more than the intervention changed it. See Fasting insulin for the clearest example of between-assay variation.[2]
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