Normal range: Negative
Comment: Useful for diagnosis of ketonemeia in diabetic mellitus, alcoholism, stress, starvation, intestinal disorders, including emesis, glycogen storage disease (von Gierke), infantile organic acidemias, and other metabolic disorders. Determining the presence of ketone bodies is useful when isopropanol ingestion is suspected. False negatives or falsely weak reactions may occur. Up to 33% of cases of diabetic ketoacidosis also have lactic acidosis
Sample: Serum
Therapeutic range: 10-20 mg/mL; Toxic: > 30 mg/mL Comment: As several drugs are often prescribed together,…
:Normal range Blood, umol/L* Newborn: 23-37 Infants: 33-67 Children: 22-44 Adults: < 30 Urine, umol/L*…
Normal range: Negative Comment: Wagener’s granulomatosis, Microscopic polyarteritis, Churg-Strauss syndrome Sample: serum
(Normal range: 98-107 mEq/L (98-107 mmol/L Comment: Increased in dehydration, severe diarrhea, intestinal fistula, respiratory alkalosis…
Normal range: 2-10 mg/24hrs Comment: VMA is used for diagnosis and follow-up of neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroma, and…
Normal range: 5-10 mg/dL Comment: High levels found in hyperthyrodism and low levels in primary or…