donny1231992

donny1231992 t1_jdk67i5 wrote

Entire business models run on the fact that we’ve had low interest rates for over a decade. We are only seeing the tip of the iceberg on how this new environment will affect the economy. I think the rest of the year and the next will be full of ping-ponging between hope and fear. The market will chop around

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donny1231992 t1_iryqp8c wrote

Okay, so here’s my question. Somebody please give me a logical solution going forward on this issue. I work in a laboratory of a hospital. If a patient comes into the ER unconscious, they are stabilized and blood is drawn and given to the lab for analysis. Reference ranges for some important analytes are slightly different for males and females (e.g hemoglobin)

Maybe in a clinical context this doesn’t affect patient treatment so much, but I’m curious if there this is a problem or how the hospital deals with this. This also includes transgender people.

I have nothing against people choosing which gender they identify as, but medically there are biologically differences in hormones. Maybe this is a non-issue, but would love to hear from an ER tech/nurse/doc on how this is handled.

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