How Important is Fasting for Pediatric Routine Cholesterol Screening?
How Important is Fasting for Pediatric Routine Cholesterol Screening? https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/girls-eating-header-1024x575.jpg 1024 575 Andrew Tran, MD https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AndrewTran.jpgA nonfasting lipid panel is a great first-line screening tool to use. While it is ideal to have a fasting lipid panel, this can be difficult to obtain in practice. For the purposes of screening, I think that it is much more important to go ahead and get the nonfasting lipid panel while the patient…