is_specified_output_of laboratory test laboratory result A laboratory result is not necessarily a laboratory finding, as it cannot always support an inference to an assertion about some quality of the patient. For example, the serum sodium result of a miscalibrated machine is not a laboratory finding. Also, a laboratory result by automatic detection "70.10^3 /microliter" for platelets might be falsely low due to platelets clumping. However, a laboratory finding is always a laboratory result. A representation of an entity related to a specimen that is the output of a laboratory test. clinical finding