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Curios..2 patients are waiting for test results. ones are normal and the others are more serious. does doc prioritize who to contact first?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

I can't speak for: Other doctors. But if I have multiple sets of labs that return on multiple patients at the same time - i will generally call the patient's whose lab results are the most disconcerting.

Dr Pappas agreed

Answered 12/21/2013

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