Ranges

Question 1

What is the range and purpose of glucose?

Answer 1

Range: 4-6 mmol
Purpose: body’s primary fuel source

Question 2

What is the range and purpose of potassium?

Answer 2

Known as kalemia
Range: 3.5-5.5 mol/L
Purpose: regulates heart contractions.

Question 3

What is the range and purpose of calcium?

Answer 3

Known as calcemia
Range: 2.25-2.74 mol/L
Purpose: Maintains muscle contrations

Question 4

What is the range and purpose of chloride?

Answer 4

Known as chloremia
Range: 110-114 mmol/L
Purpose: Blood balance (pH balance)

Question 5

What is the range and purpose of magnesium?

Answer 5

Known as magnesium
Range: 0.75-1.25 mmol/L
Purpose: maintain nerve function

Question 6

What is the range and purpose of phosphorus?

Answer 6

Known as phosphatemia
Range: 0.8-1.5 mmol/L
Purpose: bone formation

Question 7

What is the range and purpose of sodium?

Answer 7

Known as natremia
Range: 135-145 mmol/L
Purpose: maintain fluid balance

Question 8

What is the range and purpose of BUN (blood, urea, nitrogen)?

Answer 8

Range: 3.6-7.1 mmol/L
Purpose: end product of protein metabolism and is excreted by the kidneys

Question 9

What is the range and purpose of creatinine?

Answer 9

Range: 44-133 mmol/L
Purpose: muscle contraction and excreted by kidney

Question 10

What is the range and purpose of hematocrit?

Answer 10

Range: 0.38-0.54%
Purpose: % by volume of RBC in blood

Question 11

What is the range and purpose of hemoglobin?

Answer 11

Range: 120-160 g/l
Purpose: carry O2 and CO2 in blood

Question 12

What is the range and purpose of platelets?

Answer 12

Range: 0.15-0.45 x 10^12 L
Purpose: clots blood

Question 13

What is the range and purpose of white blood cells? (WBC)

Answer 13

Range: 5000-10000 (4-11 x 10^9/L)
Purpose: fights infection

Question 14

What is the range and purpose of bilirubin?

Answer 14

Range: 3.4-22 umol/L
Purpose: breaks down old red blood cells

Question 15

What is the range and purpose of red blood cells? (RBC)

Answer 15

Range:4-6 x 10^12/ L
Purpose: erythrocytes count. All of CBC

Question 16

What is the range and purpose of international normalized ration (INR)?

Answer 16

Range: 1-1.5
Purpose: works beside PT and proves a standard method for reporting PT levels, eliminating the variation if PT results from lab to lab

Question 17

What is the range and purpose of partial thrombophlebitis time? (PTT)

Answer 17

Range: clotting should occur within 25 to 35 seconds.
Purpose: evaluates clotting ability

Question 18

What is the range and purpose of prothrombin time? (PT)

Answer 18

Range: 11 to 13.5 seconds
Purpose: monitor effects of anticoagulant therapy with Coumadin

Question 19

What is the range and purpose of glycosylated hemoglobin (HgbA1C)?

Answer 19

Range: below 5.7%
Purpose: measures the % of glucose attached to hemoglobin over the past 2-3 months

Question 20

What is the range and purpose of cholesterol(total)?

Answer 20

Range: less than 200 mg/dL
Purpose: type of fat that helps your body and perform important functions