Sentences with phrase «new normal reference range»
In recent years, The National Academy of Clinical Biochemists indicated that 95 % of individuals without thyroid disease have TSH concentrations below 2.5 μIU / mL, and a new normal reference range was defined by the American College of Clinical Endocrinologists to be between 0.3 - 3.0 μIU / mL.
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They may be using an outdated reference range, using «normal» reference ranges from their medical school days, and are unfamiliar with newer guidelines that in fact have a narrower optimal range (see the conventional versus optimal lab ranges below).
Most physicians only look for values outside of the «normal» reference range provided by the labs and may not be familiar with the new guidelines.