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if someone says that BMP is always a single number value - sm

Posted: May 15, 2012

BNP, what would you do? I was always taught that BMP is usually a set of numbers and BNP is usually just 1 number. Am I wrong?

BMP vs. BNP - Old Woman

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BMP is the acronym for basic metabolic panel, which is a group of test that include electrolytes, glucose, and sometimes liver tests depending on the agency performing the tests.

BNP is the acronym for brain natriuretic peptide, which is a single blood test for heart failure.

Ergo, if a single number is dictated it is BNP; if a panel is dictated it is BMP.

You are correct... - BMP vs. BNP, see message

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BMP is the basic metabolic profile, which consists of lab values--glucose, BUN, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride, and CO2. BNP should be just one number--the brain natriuretic peptide value (although I sometimes hear doctors say "B-type natriuretic peptide," too).

Sometimes, that's the only way I can tell for sure whether they're saying "M" or "N" since those are very hard to discern when listening to dictation.

That is exactly how I have been discerning which is which - sm

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but my notoriously incorrect QA (and even the boss!) is saying I am wrong. They have been saying I am wrong since I started and it falls on deaf ears when I try to explain. I am SO ready for another job!!

Grrrrrr.... - I feel your pain (SM)

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Oh, that irks me so much when that happens!

It was sometimes a problem even when I worked in-house at a hospital. I got to where I could let it roll off my back and just do it the way the incorrect QA person told me, unless it was something seriously dangerous for the patient's medical record. But with these large MTSOs, you never know which QA person is going to be looking at your report....very frustrating!

I knew someone when we were both working for the same MTSO who said QA had changed her "Pean clamp" to "peon clamp," and she could NOT convince them that she was correct!! What the....? :-D

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