Blood Chemistry page
Ordinary tests- Normal values
| Aceto-acetic acid (serum) | Negative | Creatine clearance (endogenous) (serum/plasma/urine |
Male: 123 16ml/min Female: 97 10ml/min |
Lactose tolerance (serum) |
Similar to glucose tolerance |
Sulfate, inorganic (serum) |
0.5-1.5mmols/L 0.9-6.0mg/dL as SO4 |
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Acetone Qualitative (serum) |
0.2-1.0 mg/dl |
Cryoglobulins (serum) |
Negative | Lead (Whole blood) |
0-50µg/dL |
Sulfhemoglobin (whole blood) |
Negative | ||||||||||||||||||
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Acetone qualitative (serum) |
Negative | Doriden (Glutethmide) (serum) | 0 |
Leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) (serum) |
Male: 80-200 Goldbarg-Rutenburg units/ml Female:75-185 Goldbarg-Rutenburg unis/ml |
Sulfonamides | Negative | ||||||||||||||||||
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Acetone quantitative (serum) |
0.3-2.0mg/dL | Electrophoresis, protein (serum) |
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Lipase (serum) |
0-1.5 Cherry-Crandall 2 U/ml or less |
Testosterone (serum) |
Male:400-1200ng/dl Female:30-120ng/dl |
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Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) (plasma) |
98 mEq/l |
Ethanol (blood) |
0.3-0.4% marked intoxication 0.4-0.5% alcoholic stuport 0.5% or over, alcoholic coma |
Lipids, total (serum) |
450-1000 mg/dL |
Thiocyanate (serum) |
Negative | ||||||||||||||||||
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Albumin,qualitative (serum) |
Fats, neutral (serum/plasma) |
0-200mg/dL |
Lipids, cholesterol (serum) |
120-200mg/dL |
Thymol flocculation (serum) |
Up to 1+ in 24 hrs | |||||||||||||||||||
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Albumin,quantitative (serum) |
3.2-4.5 gm/dL(salt fractionation) 3.2-5.6 gm/dL (electrophoresis) 3.8-5.0 gm/dL (dye binding) |
Fatty
acids, total (serum) |
9-15mM/L |
Lipids, triglycerides (serum) |
40-150mg/dL |
Thyroid hormone tests (serum) |
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| Alcohol (serum/whole blood) |
Negative | Fatty
acids, free (plasma) |
300-480µM/L |
Lipids, phospholipids (serum) |
9-16mg/dL | T4
(by column) (serum) |
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Aldolase (serum) |
Adults: 1.3-8.2U/dL Children:App twice adult Newborn: App 4x adult |
Fibrinogen (plasma) |
200-400mg/dL |
Lipids, fatty acids (serum) |
190-420mg/dL | T4
(by competitive binding Murphy-Pattee) (serum) |
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Alpha-amino acid nitrogen (plasma) |
3.0-5.5mg/100dL |
Fluoride (whole blood) |
<0.05mg/dL |
Lipids, neutral fat (serum) |
0-200mg/dL | T4,
Free (serum) |
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δ-Aminolevulinic acid (serum) |
0.01-0.03mg/dL |
Folate (serum/erythrocyte/whole blood) |
Serum:5-25ng/ml (bioassay) Erythrocytes:166-640ng/ml (bioassay) |
Lipoprotein electrophoresis (serum) |
40-150mg/dL | T3
(resin uptake) (serum) |
25-38 relative % uptake | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ammonia (Blood) |
80-110µg/dL |
Galactose (whole blood) |
Adult: None Children: <20mg/dL |
Lithium (serum) |
Toxic level 2mmols/L Therapeutic level:0.5-1.5mmols/L |
Thyroxine-binding (TBG) (serum) |
15-25µg/dL T4 uptake | ||||||||||||||||||
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Amylase (serum) |
4-25U/ml |
Gammaglobulin (serum) |
0.5-1.6gm/dL |
Long-acting thryoid stimulating hormone (LATS) (serum) |
None |
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) (serum) |
0.5-3.5µU/ml | ||||||||||||||||||
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Arginosuccinic lyase (serum) |
0-4U/dl |
Gastrin (Plasma) |
0-200pg/ml |
Luteinizing hormone (LH) (plasma) |
Male:<11mlU/ml Female:Midcycle peak>3 times base line value Premenopausal:<25mlU/ml Postmenopausal:>25mlU/ml |
GOT (serum) |
10-40U/ml | ||||||||||||||||||
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Arsenic (Whole blood) |
<3µg/dL |
Globulins, total (serum) |
2.3-3.5gm/dL |
Macroglobulins, total (serum) |
70-430mg/dL | GPT (serum) |
1-36 U/ml | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ascorbic acid (vitamin C-Plasma/whole blood) |
Plasma 0.6-1.6mg/dL Whole blood 0.4-1.5mg/dL |
Glucose (fasting) (serum/plasma/whole blood) |
60-100mg/dL |
Magnesium (serum) |
1.5-2.5mmols/L 3.0mg/dL |
Triglycerides (serum) |
10-190 mg/dl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barbiturates (Serum/plasma/whole blood) |
Negative Coma-phenobarbital app 10mg/dL; others 1-3 |
Glucose tolerance,oral (serum/plasma) |
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Methanol (blood) |
0 | Urea
nitrogen (serum) |
8-25mg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||
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excess (whole blood) |
Male-3.3-1.2 Female-2.4-2.3 |
Glucose tolerance,IV (serum/plasma) |
See above |
Methemoglobin (whole blood) |
0-0.24gm/dL 0.4-1.5% of total hemoglobin |
Urea clearance (serum/urine) |
Maximum
clerance
64-99ml/min Standard clearance:41-65ml/min or moe than 75% of normal |
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| Base,
total (Serum) |
145-160mmols/L |
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (erythrocyte) |
250-500 units/109
level 1200-2000mIU/ml of packed cells |
Mucoprotein (serum) |
80-200mg/dL | Uric
acid (serum) |
3.0-7.0mg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bicarbonate (Plasma) |
21-28mmols/L |
γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase (serum) |
2-39U/L | Nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) (serum/plasma) |
20-35mg/dL |
Vitamin A (serum) |
0.15-0.6µg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||
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acids (Serum) |
0.3-3.0mg/dl |
Glutathione (whole blood) |
24-37 mg/dL |
5'-nucleotidase (serum) |
0.3-3.2 Bodansky units |
Vitamin A tolerance (serum) |
Fasting:15-60µg/dL 3hr or 6 hr after 5000units vita A/kg: 200-600µg/dL 24 hr fasting values or slightly above |
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Bilirubin (Serum) |
Direct-Up to 0.4mg/dL Total 0.7mg/dL; Newborn total 1-12mg/dL |
Growth hormone (serum) |
<10ng/ml |
Ornithine carbamyl transferase (OCT) (serum) |
8-20mlU/ml |
Vitamin B12 (serum) |
Male:200-800pg/ml Female:100-650pg/ml |
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Bromide (Serum) |
Toxic at 17mmols/L |
Haptoglobin (serum) |
100-200 mg/dL |
Osmolality (serum) |
280-295mOsm/L |
Unsaturated vitamin B12 binding capacity (serum) |
1000-2000pg/ml | ||||||||||||||||||
| BSP (sulfobromophthalein) 5mg/kg (Serum) | <5% retention after 45 min | Hemoglobin serum/plasma /whole blood) |
Serum/plasma:Qualitative:
negative Quantitative:0.5-5.0mg/dL Whole blood Female: 12.0-16.0gm/dL Male:13.5-18.0gm/dL |
Oxygen, pressure (PO2) (Whole blood/arterial) |
95-100 mm Hg |
Vitamin C (plasma) |
0.6-1.6mg/dl | ||||||||||||||||||
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Calcitonin (Plasma) |
Undetectable |
Hemoglobin A2 (whole blood) |
1.5-3.5% of total hemoglobin |
Oxygen, content (PO2) (whole blood/arterial) |
15-23 vol% |
Xylose absorption (serum) |
25-40mg/dL between 1 and 2 hr;max is
app 10mg/dl in malabsorption. Dose:Adult:25mg of D-xylose Children:0.5gm/kg D-xylose |
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Calcium (serum) |
Ionized: 4.2-5.2mg/dL or 50-58% of
total Total:9.0-10.6mg/dL 4.5-5.3mmols/L infants: 11-13mg/dL |
α-Hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase (serum) |
140-350U/ml |
Oxygen, saturation (whole blood,arterial) |
96-100% | Zinc (serum) | 50-150µg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) content (all) | 19-24mmols/L |
17-Hydroxycorticosteroids (plasma) |
Male:7-19 µg/dL Female: 9-21µg/dL After 25 USP units of ACTH IM-35-55 µg/dL |
Parathyroid hormone (plasma) |
<10 µl equiv/ml | Zinc
sulfate turbidity (serum) |
<12units | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carbon dioxide combining power (Plasma/serum) | 24-30mmol/L |
Immunoglobulin G (serum) |
800-1600mg/dL | pH (whole blood,arterial) |
7.35-7.45 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CO2
partial pressure (pCO2) (whole blood) |
35-40mm Hg |
Imunoglobulin A (serum) |
50-250mg/dL |
Phenylalanine (serum) |
Adults:0-2.0mg/dl Newborns (term):1.2-3.5mg/dL Male total:0.13-0.63 sigma U/ml Female total:0.01-0.56 sigma U/ml Prostatic:0-0.7 Fishman-Lerner U/dl |
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| Carbonic acid (Whole blood/plasma) |
1.05-1.45 mM/L |
Immunoglobulin M (serum) |
40-120mg/dL |
Phosphatase, acid, total (serum) |
0-1.1 U/ml (Bodansky) 1-4 U/ml (King-Armstrong) 0.13-0.63 U/ml(Gutman-Gutman) 0-0.56U/ml (Roy) 0-6.0 U/ml (Shinowara-Jones-Reinhart) |
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Carboxyhemoglobin (carbon monoxide hemoglobin) (whole blood) |
Nonsmokers <1.5% saturation of
hemoglobin Smokers:1.5-5%saturation Heavy smokers:5.0-9.0% saturation |
Immunoglobulin D (serum) |
0.5-3.0mg/dL |
Phosphatase,alkaline, (serum) |
Adults:1.5-4.5 U/dl (Bodansky) 4-13 U/dl (King-Armstrong) 0.8-2.3 U/ml (Bessey-Lowry) 15-35 U/ml (Shinowara-Jones-Reinhart) Children: 5.0-14.0 U/dl (Bodansky) 3.4-9.0 U/dl (Bessey-Lowry) 15-35 U/dl (King-Armstrong) |
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Carotene, beta (serum) |
40-200µg/dL |
Immunoglobulin E (serum) |
0.01-0.04mg/dL |
Phospholipid phosphorus (serum) |
8-11 mg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cephalin cholesterol flocculation (serum) | Negative to 1+ after 24 hours 2+ or less after 48 hrs |
Insulin (plasma) |
11-240µIU/ml (bioassay) |
Phospholipids (serum) |
150-380mg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ceruloplasmin (serum) |
23-50mg/dL |
Insulin tolerance (serum) |
Fasting: Glucose
of 70-110mg/dL 30min:Fall to 50% of fasting 90min: Fasting level |
Phosphorus,inorganic (serum) |
Adults:1.8-2.6mmols/L 3.0-4.5mg/dL Children:2.3-4.1mmols/L 4.0-7.0mg/dL |
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Chloride (serum) |
100-106mmols/L |
Iodine (Butanol extraction (serum) |
3.5-6.5µg/dL |
Potassium (plasma) |
3.8-5.0mmols/L | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cholesterol (total) (serum) |
150-250mg/dL (varies with diet and also age) |
Iodine (Protein bound-PBI) (serum) |
4.0-8.0µg/dL |
Primidone (mysoline) (serum) |
4-12µg/ml | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cholesterol, esters (serum) |
65-75% of total cholesterol | Iron,
total (serum) |
50-150µg/dL |
Prolactin (serum) |
2-15ng/ml | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cholinesterase (erythrocytes) |
065-1.00 pH units |
Iron-binding capacity (serum) |
250-410µg/dL |
Proteins, total (serum) |
6.0-8.4gm/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pseudocholinesterase (plasma) |
0.5-1.3 pH units; 8-18IU/L at 37oC | Iron
saturation, percent (serum) |
20-55% |
Proteins, albumin (serum) |
3.5-5.0gm/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Citric acid (serum/plasma) |
1.7-3.0mg/dL |
Isocitric dehydrogenase (serum) |
50-250U/ml |
Proteins, globulin (serum) |
2..3-3.5gm/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Congo red test (serum/plasma) |
>60% after 1 hr |
Ketone bodies (serum) |
Negative |
Protein fractionation (serum) |
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| Copper (serum/plasma) |
100-200 µg/dL |
17-ketosteroids (plasma) |
25-125µg/dL | Protoporphysin (erythrocytes) |
15-50µg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cortisol (plasma) |
8 A.M:5-25µg/dL 8 P.M:<10ml/min |
Lactic acid (blood) |
0.6-1.8mmols/L |
Pyruvate (whole blood) |
0.3-0.9mg/dL | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Creatine (serum/plasma) |
0.6-1.2mg/dL | Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) |
80-120 Wacker units 150-450 Wroblewski units 71-207 IU/L |
Renin activity (plasma) |
Supine:
1.1±0.8ng/ml/hr Upright:1.9±1.7ng/ml/hr Supine:2.7± 1.8ng/ml/hr Upright:6.6 ±2.5mg/ml/hr Diuretics:10.0 ±3.7ng/nl/hr |
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| Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) (serum) |
Males:5-55mU/ml Females:5-35mU/ml |
Lactic dehydrogenase isoenzymes (serum) |
Anode:LDH1 17-27% LDH2 27-37% LDH3 18-25% LDH4 3-8% Cathode: LDH5 0-5% |
Salicylates (serum) |
Negative Therapeutic level:20-25mg/dL |
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| Creatinine (serum/plasma) |
0.6-1.2mg/dL |
Lactic dehydrogenase (heat stable) (serum) |
60-120 U/ml |
Sodium (plasma) |
136-142mmols/L |
