Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Can the NSE value be corrected?
Adjusted NSE reading
Does the patient have brain injury based on the adjusted NSE?
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Purpose: To evaluate a pediatric patient for brain injury using a neuron-specific enolase (NSE) reading from a hemolyzed blood specimen.
Specialty: Clinical Laboratory
Objective: laboratory tests
ICD-10: R79.9,