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Acid Phosphate
Albumin
Alkaline phosphatase
Amylase
Bilirubin, total
Bilirubin, indirect
Blood Urea Nitrogen
(BUN)
Calcium
Carbon Dioxide
Chloride
Lab Values
INCREASED IN
metastatic carcinoma of bone, prostatic carcinoma, hepatobiliary diseases,
hyperparathyroidism, certain liver diseases, myocardial infarction, pulmonary
embolism
dehydration, shock, multiple myeloma
biliary duct obstruction, healing fractures, hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia,
rickets, neoplastic bone disorders, liver diseases
acute pancreatitis, obstruction of pancreatic ducts, mumps,
intestinal obstruction
biliary duct obstruction, acute or chronic hepatitis, toxic reaction to many
drugs and chemicals, infectious mononucleosis
hemolytic anemia, hemorrhagic pulmonary infarcts
gastrointestinal hemorrhage, dehydration, renal insufficiency
metastatic carcinoma of bone, lung and breasts, Paget’s disease,
hyperparathyroidism,
hypervitaminosis D
respiratory diseases, intestinal obstruction, vomiting
renal insufficiency, nephrosis, dehydration, renal tubular acidosis, Cushing’s
syndrome, hyperventilation
Cholesterol
biliary duct obstruction, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, nephrosis
Creatine Phosphokinase
(CPK)
Creatinine
Erthrocyte Count
(RBC count)
ESR
Glucose (fasting)
acute myocardial infarction, brain infarction, muscular dystrophies, traumatic
injury to muscles
kidney diseases, acute or chronic renal insufficiency, urinary tract obstruction
acute hepatitis, acute myocardial infarction, pelvic inflammatory disease,
menstruation, rheumatoid arthritis, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, tuberculosis
rheumatic activity and (ESR) infections
diabetes mellitus, IV therapy, hyperthyroidism, hyperpituitarism, liver
diseases, nephritis
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DECREASED IN
malnutrition, acute or chronic
glomerulonephritis, neoplastic diseases,
leukemia, severe burns
hypoparathyroidism, hypothyroidism
acute and chronic hepatitis, pancreatic
insufficiency, toxemia during pregnancy,
cirrhosis of liver
hepatic failure, cachexia
severe pancreatitis, renal insufficiency,
uremia, malabsorption, osteomalacia,
hypoparathyroidism
acidosis, nephritis, diarrhea
congestive heart failure, chronic renal
failure, diabetic acidosis, diarrhea,
excessive sweating, pulmonary emphysema
acute hepatitis and Gaucher’s disease,
pernicious anemia
anemias, leukemias, and following severe
hemorrhage
polycythemia, sickle cell anemia
hyperinsulinism, hypothyroidism,
Addison’s disease
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Lab Values
Hematocrit
Addison’s disease, dehydration, polycythemia due to dehydration, shock
Hemoglobin
dehydration, pernicious anemia, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia,
polycythemia, obstructive pulmonary diseases, congestive heart failure
Iron
anemias, liver disease
Lactose Dehydrogenase
acute myocardial infarction, diseases of muscles, infectious hepatitis,
(LDH)
malignant tumors, hemolytic anemias, pernicious anemia, acute leukemias,
widespread carcinoma
Leukocyte Count (WBC) acute infections, leukemias, acute hemorrhage
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anemia and following severe hemorrhage
excessive fluid intake, iron deficiency anemia,
pregnancy
iron deficiency anemia
x-ray irradiation
Magnesium
renal insufficiency, administration of antacids with magnesium
Phosphorous
renal insufficiency, excessive ingestion of Vitamin D, healing fractures,
hypoparathyroidism
iron deficiency anemia, malignancies (50 percent of all patients), patients
recently having surgery (especially splenectomies), polycythemia
renal insufficiency, adrenal insufficiency, Addison’s disease, hypoventilation
hepatic insufficiency, chronic diarrhea,
chronic alcoholism
chronic alcoholism, hyperalimentation,
ketoacidosis, hyperparathyroidism
thrombocytopenic purpura, acute leukemia,
aplastic anemia
chronic diarrhea, vomiting or malabsorption
syndrome, use of thiazide diuretics, diabetic
acidosis, chronic kidney disease
malnutrition nephrosis, neoplastic disease and
leukemia, malabsorption syndrome
Platelet Count
Potassium
Proteins, total
Albumin
dehydration, shock
Proteins, total
Globulin
hepatic disease, plasma cell neoplasms, lupus, malaria
Prothrombin Time
Serum Iron
Prolonged In: circulating anticoagulants, inadequate Vitamin K in diet,
severe liver damage, poor fat absorption, (that is, colitis, chronic diarrhea)
Presence of reticulocytes is a response to the need for red cells. This response
is characteristic of hemolytic anemias and in acute and severe bleeding.
hemolytic anemia, thalassemia
Sedimentation Rate
SGOT
SGPT
Uric Acid
infectious diseases, menstruation, pregnancy, as a result of tissue damage
acute myocardial infarction, liver disease, skeletal muscle disease
acute hepatitis, acute myocardial infarction, liver necrosis
gout, leukemia, renal insufficiency, polycythemia, pneumonia, chemotherapy
Reticulocyte Count
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chemotherapy, shock, cachexia
metastatic carcinoma of prostate, leukemia,
acute and chronic hepatic insufficiency,
accidents of pregnancy
iron deficiency anemia,
normochromic anemia
acute hepatitis