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[[Image:ECG in hyperkalemia.png | thumb| right|200px| Hyperkalemia is a critical value as it is associated with [[cardiac arrhythmias]].]] | |||
'''Critical values''' is a concept which comes to anatomical [[pathology]] from clinical pathology.<ref name=pmid17491125>{{cite journal |author=Allen TC |title=Critical values in anatomic pathology? |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=131 |issue=5 |pages=684–7 |year=2007 |month=May |pmid=17491125 |doi= |url=http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?request=get-document&issn=0003-9985&volume=131&issue=5&page=684}}</ref> | '''Critical values''' is a concept which comes to anatomical [[pathology]] from clinical pathology.<ref name=pmid17491125>{{cite journal |author=Allen TC |title=Critical values in anatomic pathology? |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=131 |issue=5 |pages=684–7 |year=2007 |month=May |pmid=17491125 |doi= |url=http://arpa.allenpress.com/arpaonline/?request=get-document&issn=0003-9985&volume=131&issue=5&page=684}}</ref> | ||
In the context of surgical | In the context of surgical pathology, it is, perhaps more appropriately, called '''critical [[diagnosis]]'''. | ||
The general consensus is that these findings require a phone call and/or discussion with the clinician to ensure the situation is managed appropriately in a timely manner.<ref name=pmid16680772/> | The general consensus is that these findings (critical valves, critical diagnoses) require a phone call and/or discussion with the clinician to ensure the situation is managed appropriately in a timely manner.<ref name=pmid16680772/> | ||
==List of critical diagnoses== | ==List of critical diagnoses== | ||
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====Gynecologic==== | ====Gynecologic==== | ||
* | *D&C on pregnant individual (or specimen labelled "[[products of conception]]") without [[chorionic villi]] or trophoblasts. | ||
*[[Fat on endometrial biopsy]]. | *[[Fat on endometrial biopsy]]. | ||
*Fat on endocervical canal sampling. | *Fat on endocervical canal sampling. | ||
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*[[Basics]]. | *[[Basics]]. | ||
*[[Quality]]. | *[[Quality]]. | ||
*[[Diagnosis]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||