Normal range: Starts 0.48-ends 0.42 gm NaCl
Comment: Increased in almost all cases of hereditary spheroccytosis, acquired hemolytic diseases of the newborns. Resistance to osmotic lysis i.e low osmotic fragility characteristic of b-thalassemia. Also in iron deficiency, sickle cell anemia, sideroblastic anemia
Sample: Heparinized whole blood
Normal range: 26-35 seconds Comment:This is the most suitable test for monitoring heparin – therapy and…
:Normal range 1-2wk after dose: <2.3 nmol/L 72hrs after dose: < 100 If it exceeds these…
Normal range: Therapeutic range: 55.5-111 mmol/L; Neonatal apnea: 33.3-72.15 mmol/L Comment:Theophylline is used as bronchodialator of…
:Normal range 6-57 pg/ml 1.3-12.5 pmol/L Comment: Useful, along with cortisol, in the differentiation between…
Normal range: 24 hr urine or spot urine Comment: Normally the urine chloride excretion increased salt…
Comment: Performed between 16-18 weeks gestation. It detects Down syndrome, neural tube defects, Turner’s syndrome and…