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Blood Tests*

Blood Tests*
Test Reference Range or Threshold (Conventional Units)
7.357.45 0 mg/dL (more than 0.1 mg/dL usually indicates intoxication) 1550 units/L 53123 units/L 0 (negative result) 0.41.5 mg/dL 1823 mEq/L Direct: Up to 0.4 mg/dL Total: Up to 1.0 mg/dL Blood volume Calcium Carbon dioxide pressure (expressed as a comparison with how high the level of mercury [Hg] rises in a tube due to air pressure at sea level) Carboxyhemoglobin (carbon monoxide in hemoglobin) CD4 cell count Ceruloplasmin 8.59.1% of body weight 8.510.5 mg/dL (slightly higher in children) 3545 mm Hg

Acidity (pH) Alcohol (ethanol)

Ammonia Amylase Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) Ascorbic acid Bicarbonate (carbon dioxide content) Bilirubin

Less than 5% of total hemoglobin

5001500 cells/L 1560 mg/dL

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Chloride Complete blood cell count (CBC)

98106 mEq/L See individual tests: Hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, platelet count, and white blood cell count 70150 g/dL Male: 38174 units/L

Copper Creatine kinase (CK), also called creatine phosphokinase (CPK)

Female: 96140 units/L Creatine kinase (CK) in its different forms (isoenzymes) Creatinine Electrolytes 5% or less of CK-MB (the form that occurs mainly in heart muscle) 0.61.2 mg/dL See individual tests: Calcium, chloride, magnesium, potassium, and sodium (which are routinely tested) Male: 113 mm/hour Female: 120 mm/hour Glucose Hematocrit Fasting: 70110 mg/dL Male: 4552% Female: 3748% Hemoglobin Male: 1318 g/dL Female: 1216 g/dL Iron Iron-binding capacity Lactate (lactic acid) 60160 g/dL (higher in males) 250460 g/dL Venous: 4.519.8 mg/dL
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

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Arterial: 4.514.4 mg/dL Lactic dehydrogenase Lead Lipase Lipids: Cholesterol, total Less than 225 mg/dL (for age 4049 yr; increases with age) 3070 mg/dL 60 mg/dL 40200 mg/dL (higher in males) Include bilirubin (total), phosphatase (alkaline), protein (total and albumin), transaminases (alanine and aspartate), prothrombin 1.52.0 mg/dL 2732 pg/cell 3236% hemoglobin/cell 50150 units/L 20 g/dL or less (much lower in children) 10150 units/L

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Triglycerides Liver function tests

Magnesium Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) Osmolality Oxygen pressure (expressed as a comparison with the level of mercury [Hg] in a tube, which results from air pressure at sea level)

76100 cubic m 280296 mOsm/kg plasma 83100 mm Hg

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Oxygen saturation (arterial) Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) Phosphatase (alkaline)

96100% 3045 seconds 50160 units/L (higher in infants and adolescents, lower in females) 3.04.5 mg/dL 150,000350,000/mL 3.55.0 mEq/L 04 ng/mL (increases with age)

Phosphorus Platelet count Potassium Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) Protein: Total Albumin Globulin Prothrombin time (PT) Red blood cell (RBC) count Sodium Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Transaminases (liver enzymes): Alanine (ALT) Aspartate (AST) Troponin in its different forms: I

6.08.4 g/dL 3.55.0 g/dL 2.33.5 g/dL 1013 seconds 4.25.9 million/mL 135145 mEq/L 0.55.0 m units/L

121 units/L 727 units/L

Less than 1.6 ng/mL

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Less than 0.1 ng/mL

Urea nitrogen (BUN) Uric acid Vitamin A White blood cell (WBC) count

718 mg/dL 3.07.0 mg/dL 3065 g/dL 4,30010,800 /mL

*Blood can be tested for many other substances as well.

Units are explained in Appendix I. Conventional units can be converted to international units by using a conversion factor. International units (IU), a different system, are sometimes used by laboratories.

Other antibodies can also be identified. Other vitamins can also be measured.

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