Normal Laboratory Values

I have compiled some important normal laboratory values for me to post on the wall so that every time i would pass by that area, I could review at least one to three normal values thus sticking it and would never (hopefully) forget.

APTT
Activated partial thromboplastin time
For HEPARIN
20 – 30 seconds
APTT: b/n 1.5 – 2.5 times the normal

PT
Prothrombin time
For COUMADIN
Within 2 seconds
PT:     9.6 – 11.8 secs. -MALE
9.5 – 11.3 secs            -FEMALE
INR: 2.0 – 3.0 secs      -standard warfarin therapy
3.0 – 4.5 secs               -high dose warfarin therapy

Clotting Time
8-15 minutes

Fibrinogen Level
200-400 mg/dl

Platelet Count
150,000 – 400,000 cells/ul

Eryhthrocyte Sedimentation Rate
ESR – eryrythrocyes settle out of anticoagulated blood in 1 hour
0 – 30 mm/hr

Hemoglobin Vs Hematocrit

	Hemoglobin	Hematocrit
Male	14 – 16.5 g/dl	42% - 45%
Female	12 – 15 g/dl	35% - 47%

Serum Iron

Male	65 – 175 mcg/dl
Female	50 – 170 mcg/dl

Creatinine Kinase (CK)
26 – 174 units/L
o    CK-MB (heart)          0% - 5% of total
o    CK-MM (muscles)    95% - 100% of total
o    CK-BB (brain)           0%

Troponin I
Normal:     .6 ng/ml
MI:             1.5 ng/ml

Troponin T
MI:             > .1 to .2 ng/ml

Lactate Dehydrogenase
LDH:        140 – 280 units/L
LD FLIP     LDH 1 > LDH2

Albumin
3.4 – 5 g/dl

Alkaline Phosphotase
4.5 – 13 king-armstrong units/dl

Ammonia
not reliable indicator of hepatic coma
36 – 65 mcg/dl

Amylase
25 – 151 units/L

Lipase
10 – 140 units/L

Bilirubin
Total:        < 1.5 mg/dl
Indirect:    0.1 – 1.0 mg/dl
Direct:        0 – 0.3 mg/dl

Lipids
Cholesterol: 140 – 199 mg/dl
LDL: < 130 mg/dl
HDL: 30 – 70 mg/dl
Triglycerides: <200 mg/dl

CHON
6.0 – 8.0 g/dl

Uric Acid

Male	4.5 – 8 mg/dl
Female	2.5 – 6.2 mg/dl

Glucose:
Glucose fasting: 70 – 110 mg/dl
Glucose monitoring: 60 – 110 mg/dl

o    Baseline fasting:        70 – 110 mg/dl
o    30 mins fasting:        110 – 170 mg/dl
o    60 mins fasting:        120 – 170 mg/dl
o    90 mins fasting:        100 – 140 mg/dl
o    120 mins fasting:        70 – 120 mg/dl

Glucose 2 hour postprandial - 140 mg/dl

Serum Creatinine
.6 – 1.3 mg/dl

BUN
8 – 25 mg/dl

Calcium
8.6 – 10 mg/dl

Magnesium
1.6 – 2.6 mg/dl

Phosphorus
2.7 – 4.5 mg/dl

Thyroid
TSH: .2 – 5.4 microunits/ml
T4: 5.0 – 12.0 mcg/dl
Thyroxine, free .8 – 2.4 ng/dl
T3: 80 – 230 ng/dl

WBC
4,000 – 11,000 cells

Hepatitis
Hepatits A
o    HBcAg (core)
o    HBeAg (envelope)
o    HBsAg (surface)
Hepatitis C
o    (+) antibodies of hepC

Hepatitis E
o    IgM + IgG to HepE

HIV
(+) ELISA
(+) Western Blot / Immunofluorescence assay (IFA)

CD4 T Cell Count
b/n 500 – 1600 cells / uL

Immune System Healthy
CD4T is > 500 cells

Immune System Problem
CD4T is 200 – 499 cells/uL

Severe Immune System
CD4T – 200 cells/uL

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Nursing Normal Laboratory Values