Blood Tests

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Topics

  • FBC
  • U&Es
  • LFTs
  • Other tests

Notes

  • FBC: WCC, Hb, Platelets
  • Infection: WCC, CRP, ProCalcitonin
  • WCC 4-11 Lower/Higher = inflammation. Very low/very high ~ Malignancy
  • Anemia: Hb, Hematocrit, MCV
  • Coagulation: Platelets, INR, APTTr
  • U&Es
  • Us: Ur, Cr, eGfr
  • Es: Na, K
  • LFTs: Bil ALT ALP Amylase Lipase BAA AL

  • BAA  AL (First 3 GB; Last 2 Pancreas)
    Bilirubin
    ALT
    ALP

  • Pancreatitis
    Amylase 2 days
    Lipase 2 weeks

  • Acronym

  • 2345 L=50 (Roman)

  • Bilirubin 20
    ALT 30
    GGT 40
    Lipase 50
    —
    ALP=Amylase 125
    LDH 250

  • Others Tests
    Sugar: Glucose (BM – Capillary Blood Glucose) , HbA1c
    MI: Troponin (+ ECG)
    PE: d-Dimer (+ CTPA)
    Ischemia: Lactate >2
BM = Boehringer Mannheim, a company that produced blood glucose test strips 
  • General info
  • One off high/low value repeat 

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