6.4.4      Enter laboratory results (Ctrl+L)

In this screen you can enter your lab result values and laboratory reports. For example results from blood tests, urine tests / kidney parameters or from the eye specialist.

 

 

With SiDiary you can define any lab parameters for yourself, i.e. you can add your own parameters to the several standard parameters and track results in these new parameters.

 

Additionally you can enter for every lab parameter and lab result the reference range from the laboratory. SiDiary implements this data and shows you the exact values that are beyond the standard values with a colored accentuation. Laboratory result below the standard are colored in yellow, values above the target range are colored in red.

 

You can enter the reference range not only for the lab value definitions, but for every single lab result value. This is very important, because with a change of a lab result it can be possible that other measuring methods were used and the results would not be directly comparable with each other. Statements about the trend of the parameters cannot be made until the additionally consideration of the particular reference ranges (that you can ask for at your medical practice or the laboratory if necessary)!

 

Please remember to adjust the particular reference range to the reference range of your laboratory before the first use of the preset standard lab results!

 

For this purpose please click on Filter and the screen for filter adjustments opens.

 

 

Select a lab result and click on Lab value definition → Edit. Now you can enter the reference range (normal range) that your laboratory is using and save this value permanently. With the next entry of a lab value the reference range will be automatically entered by SiDiary (but can still be changed manually).

With the button Lab value definition –> Delete you can delete the selected lab value definition completely from the list.

To add a new lab value definition click on Lab value definition –> Add.

 

Hint

Next to the lab values you can manage also all other medical examinations. For example eye ground checkup (fundoscopy). Name the new lab value definition e.g. "fundoscopy" with a normal range 0 until 0, unit: points. Define which point value stands for which statement: 0= everything okay, 1= slight changes, 2= profound changes, 3= needs to be lasered

 

With the filter options you can also filter the data records of an exact day (that you already entered) or single values.

 

To add a new lab value, please click on Add and a screen to add the value opens.

 

 

In the dropdown list you can choose the lab value type. With the three small buttons under the dropdown list you can add a lab value (+), delete a value (-) or change a value (third icon). 

You can click the checkbox Keep input screen open when you are adding more than one value. After entering a value, please click on Save to save this value permanently. Then you can choose then the next lab value type from the dropdown list and continue, if you want.

 

With the buttons Delete and Edit you can delete / edit already entered values. Therefore click on the value you wish to delete / edit and then on the appropriate button. The button Refresh makes an update of the screen display. Sometimes this is necessary, when a data entry or data modification is not directly viewable.