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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: Annig83 on September 20, 2012, 04:43:26 PM
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I had a clotting study done yesterday... 14 vials of blood!! Did anyone else have to have this for transplant? I had a clot after having my son 2 years ago, and just wondered if it was being done because of that? No one tells me anything! :)
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Hubby had one after he clotted the first transplant in hours, and 2 of his 3 fistulas within hours of getting them. His 3rd fistula took and worked for awhile but clotted shortly after he switched to PD. But his study wasn't that many vials! Are you sure that wasn't just part of the workup? He had 12 done with the initial workup, and then 3-5 for the 2 different studies.
What on Earth could they be doing with 14 vials for a clotting study?? I am baffled.
In my head, I imagine the doctors actually collect extra blood so they can go home and play with it....
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That sounds like a lot for one study. Are you sure there weren't other tests? For my transplant workup they took 20 vials. I almost puked. I don't know how they think these large draws are ok.
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I do not think I had one done pre transplant, but I also did not have a history of clotts. Although I was told my fistula clotted off, nothing else was done at the time and a graft was installed further up the arm. So maybe the doctor used the wrong term to simplify my fistula situation.
Hopefully others will respond, but my gut says it's just done for people who have a history of clotts to help determine what meds to use post tx or during surgery.
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I'm afraid I have no answer to your question but just wanted to say, 14 vials?! Yikes! That's a lot of blood.
What on Earth could they be doing with 14 vials for a clotting study?? I am baffled.
In my head, I imagine the doctors actually collect extra blood so they can go home and play with it....
Maybe they sell it to vampires; a nice little earner on the side ... ;D
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But some of those vials have a preservative solution in them so it may not take as much blood to fill it. 14 vials for me is not ungeard of through the many years I have had blood draws, sicknesses, and various other reasons. Some test can be combined in one vial while others require their own specific vial and color. I remember being tested for CMV 2 vials were like large airplane sized liquor bottles, but they also contained a certain solution in them to do whatever it needed to do for the blood to get to the testing center and not much blood was put into that vial.
If you feel light headed after a blood draw of 14 vials, then yes to much blood was taken and you need some fluids.
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I just had my transplant work up a few weeks ago... they told me it was for clotting... some of the vials were smaller like Chris said... nevertheless, it was a lot considering I have no veins, and they had to poke me in 4 spots to get enough...my veins kept collapsing. :(
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I hate it when they go for the wrist and between the knuckles to try to get blood even after telling them they won't be able to because the collapse, roll, or do both. Those areas are so sensitive to me.