Values Flashcards
Albumin value adult
3.5-5 g/dL
Decreased d/t malnutrition, CF, malignancies, GN, cirrhosis, IBD, hyperthyroid
Alk phos value adult
25-160 IU/L
Increased d/t: calcium deposition in bone, healing fracture, liver disease, hyperthyroidism
Decreased d/t: malnutrition, pernicious anemia, hypothyroidism, zinc deficiency
ALT value adult
1-45 IU/L
Increased d/t: liver disease, biliary obstruction, pancreatitis
amylase value adult
10-130 U/L
Increased d/t: pancreatitis, renal disease, cholecystitis, PUD
Decreased d/t: pancreatic destruction, liver damage
AST value adult
7-42 IU/L
Increased d/t: MI, liver ds, Reye’s syndrome, muscle trauma, pancreatitis
Decreased d/t: B6 deficiency, DM with ketoacidosis, liver disease
Bilirubin value adult
0.3-1 mg/dL
Increased d/t hepatic damage, biliary obstruction
BUN value adult
5-20 mg/dL
Increased d/t: renal failure, prerenal axotemia, postrenal obstruction, GI bleed, stress
Decreased d/t: starvation, liver failure, nephrotic syndrome
Ferritin value female
20 -200
Increased d/t: excess iron, malignancy, type 2 DM, hyperthyroidism
Decreased d/t: iron deficiency
Ferritin value male
20 - 500
Increased d/t: excess iron, malignancy, type 2 DM, hyperthyroidism
Decreased d/t: iron deficiency
folic acid plasma value
greater than 3.5
decreased d/t: folic acid or B12 deficiency, hemolysis
Folic acid RBC value
270 - 600
decreased d/t: folic acid or B12 deficiency, hemolysis
HDL value adult
40 - 60
Hematocrit value adult female
37.9-43.9; the percentage volume of red cells in a given volume of blood
Increased d/t: polycythemia, heart disease, lung disease, high altitude
Decreased d/t: folate, B12, or iron deficiency, sickle cell anemia, hemolysis
Hematocrit value adult male
42.9-49.1; the percentage volume of red cells in a given volume of blood
Increased d/t: polycythemia, heart disease, lung disease, high altitude
Decreased d/t: folate, B12, or iron deficiency, sickle cell anemia, hemolysis
Hemoglobin value adult female
12.2-14.7
Increased d/t heart and lung disease, bone marrow dysfunction, high altitude, smoker
Decreased d/t NORMAL pregnancy, anemias, lymphomas, leukemias, chronic kidney disease