lab values Flashcards
normal bowel sounds
5 - 30 sounds/min
RBC count
men: 4.6 - 6.2 million/mm3
women: 4.2 - 5.4 million/mm3
WBC count
4,500 - 11,000 /mm3
hemoglobin
men: 13 - 18 g/dL
women: 12 - 16 g/dL
hematocrit
men: 42 - 52%
women: 35 - 47%
bleeding time
1.5 - 9.5 minutes
PTT
lower limit of normal: 20 - 25 secs
upper limit of normal: 32 - 39 secs
platelet count
150,000 - 450,000 /mm3
PT
9.5 - 12 secs
INR
normal: 1
a fib., DVT, PE treatment: 2 - 3
prosthetic heart valve: 2.5 - 3.5
ESR
men: 15 mm/h
women: 25 mm/h
(+5 if >50 years old)
fasting glucose
60 - 110 mg/dL
total cholesterol
150 - 200 mg/dL
LDL
< 160 mg/dL
HDL
men: 35 - 70 mg/dL
women: 35 - 85 mg/dL
creatinine
0.7 - 1.4 mg/dL
alkaline phosphatase
50 - 120 units/L
serum albumin
3.5 - 5.5 g/dL
BUN
10 - 20 mg/dL
triglycerides
100 - 200 mg/dL
ALT
10 - 40 units
pH (ABGs)
7.35 - 7.45
PaO2 (ABGs)
85 - 95 mmHg
PaCO2 (ABGs)
35 - 45 mmHg
HCO3 (ABGs)
22 - 26 mEq/L
serum bilirubin
total: 0.3 - 1 mg/dL
direct: 0.1 - 0.4 mg/dL
AST
10 - 40 units
LDH
90 - 176 units/L
blood ammonia
15 - 45 mcg/dL
urine specific gravity
1.010 - 1.030
potassium
3.5 - 5 mEq/L
sodium
135 - 145 mEq/L
calcium
8.6 - 10.2 mg/dL
magnesium
1.3 - 2.3 mEq/L
normal urine output
1000 - 2000 mL/day
30 - 60 mL/hour
digoxin therapeutic level
0.5 - 2 ng/mL
phosphate
2.4 - 4.4 mg/dL
lithium therapeutic level
1 - 1.5 mEq/L
normal IOP
10 - 21 mmHg
chloride
95 - 105 mEq/L
normal MAP
> 60 mmHg
normal CVP
3-12 mmHg