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Abnormal Lab Values
Abnormal Lab values affecting MCC/CC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acetones or Ketones-Blood Increased level | Ketoacidosis or ketosis |
| Acid Phosphate-Blood- Increased Level | Chronic REnal Failure, Stage IV, V or ESRD |
| Albumin-Blood Decreased Level | Burns, Nephrotic Syndrome |
| Aldosterone-Blood-Increased Level | Heart failure, CHF, all form |
| Alkaline Phosphate-Blood- Increased Level | Calculus of bile duct, Ca of lvier, Leukemia, Pulmonary embolism |
| Amylase-Blood- Increased Level | Pancreatitis, acute Renal failure, chronic reanl failure stage IV, V< ESRD, ketoacidosis |
| Arterial Blood gases (ABGs)-Bicarbonate (HCO3)-Decreased Level | Acidosis, Chronic renal failure Stage IV, V, ESRD, AMI. Ketoacidosis |
| ABGs-pCO2-Decreased level | Metabollic acidosis, ALkalosis respiratory |
| ABGs-pCO2-Increased Level | Metabollic alkalosis, ALkalosis respiratory |
| ABGs-pH-Decreased Level | Metabollic acidosis, Acidosis respiratory, Ketoacidosis |
| ABGs-pO2-Decreased Level | Disease COPD with exacerbation, Cor pulomonale, Acute pulmonary edema |
| Bilirubin-INdirect-Increased level | Hemolytic anemia, Heart failure |
| Bilirubin Total/Direct-Increased Level | Calculus of the bile duct, cancer of the liver, acute hepatitis |
| Bleeding Time-Increase Level | Aplastic anemia, Intravascular coagulation, Von Willebrand disease |
| BUN-Blood-Increased Level | AMI, Acute renal failure, cardiogenic shock |
| Ca-Blood- Increased Level | Cancers that metastasize to the bone, acute reanl failure |
| CO2-Decreased level | metabollic acidosis, Ketoacidosis |
| CBC-Hematocrt-Decreased Level | Aplastic anemia, Hypochromic anemia, Chronic renal failure Stage IV V ESRD, Leukemia |
| CBC-Hematocrit (Hct) Increase Level | COPD w/ exacerbation, Hypovolemic shock |
| CBC-Hgb-Decreased Level | Aplastic anemia, Hypochromic anemia, Cancer large intestine, liver, rectum, small intestine, Chronic renal failure stage IV V ESRD, Leukemia |
| CBC-Hgb-Increased level | COPD with exacerbation, acute broncitis, asthma, CHF |
| CBC-Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration(MCHC)-decreased livel | Hypochromic anemia, |
| CBC- Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)-Decreased LEvel | Hypochromic anemia,Chronic renal failure Stage IV V ESRD |
| CBC-RBC-Decreased level | Aplastic anemia, ACute anemia, Chronic renal failure Stage IV V ESRD |
| CBC-RBC-Increase level | ACute cor pulmonale |
| CBC-WBC-Above 10,000 | Chronic renal failure Stage IV V ESRD,Pulmonary embolism, Acute renal failure, AMI, Acute infections, Leukemia, Pneumonia, etc |
| CBC-WBC-Below 5,000 | Aplastic anemia |
| Chloride (CL)-Blood, Electrolytes-Decreased Level | Burns,Hyponatremia, Ketoacidosis |
| Cl-Blood,Electrolytes-Increased Level | Metabollic Acidosis, Acute renal failure, Hypernatremia |
| Cholesterol-Increase Level | Calculus of the bile duct, DM , acute renal failure, AMI |
| Cold Agglutinins-Increased Level | Hemolytic anemia, acute hepatitis, pNeumonia |
| Creatinine-Blood Increased Level | Acute Renal failure, Glomerulonephritis, UTI |
| Creatinine Phosphokinase (CPK) CK-Blood-Increased Level | Infarction, Muscular dystrophy, pulmonary embolism |
| CPK-MB-Increased Level | AMI, Muscular dystrophy |
| WBC Differential(DIFF) Basophils-Increase Level | Anemia, Leukemia |
| Differential(WBC-DIFF)-Eosinophils-Increase Level | Lung Cancer, Addisons Disease, Leukemia, Allergic reeaction |
| WBC-DIFF-Lymphocytes-Decreased level | Aplastic anemia, Burns, Hodgkin's disease |
| WBC-DIFF-Lymphocytes-Increased level | Leukemia, Pneumonia |
| WBC-DIFF-Lymphocytes-Segmneted Neutophils Decreased level | Aplastic anemia, Addison's Disease |
| WBC-DIFF-Lymphocytes-Segmneted Neutophils Increased level | AMI. Leukemia, Pneumonia |
| GT,GGT-Icreased Level | Calculus of the bile duct, Pancreatitis |
| Glucose, (fasting blood sugar (FBS))-Blood Decreased Level | Cancer of the pancrease, Chronic renal failure Stage IV V ESRD, Acute Hepa, hupoglycemia |
| Glucose, (fasting blood sugar (FBS))-Blood Increased Level | DM, CHF, Acute renal failure, AMI, Acute infections, Ketoacidosis |
| Lactic Dehyrogenase (LDH)(LD)-Increased Level | CHF, Hemolytic anemia, AMI, Pulmonary embolism |
| Lactic Dehyrogenase 1 (LD-1)-Increased Level | Hemolytic anemia, AMI |
| Lipase-Increased Level | Acute renal failure, Acute Pancreatitis |
| Magnesium-Blood-Increased Level | Chronic renal failure Stage IV V ESRD, Leukemia |
| Osmolality-Blood-Decreased Level | Cancer of the bronchus, cancer of the lung, ADH deficienecy, hyponatremia |
| Osmolality-Blood-Increased level | Hypernatremia |
| Platelet Count-Decreased Level | Aplastic anemia, Leukemia |
| Platelet Count-Increased Level | ACute infections |
| K-Blood-Decreased Level | Acute renal failure, Ketoacidosis, Leukemia |
| K-Blood-iNcreased Level | Hemolytic anemia, Addison's disease, Acute renal failure |
| protein-Blood-Decreased level | Burns, Hypernatremia, Malnutrition |
| Prothrombin Time-Increased Level | Disseminated Intravascular coagulation (DIC), CHF, Hemophilia |
| Reticulocyte Count-Decreased Level | Aplastic anemia, Hemolytic anemia, Hypochroomic anemia |
| Reticulocyte Count-Increased Level | Aplastic anemia, Hemolytic anemia, Hypochroomic anemia |
| SEdimentation rate Increased Level | Cancer of the stomach, Endocarditis, AMI, Acute infections |
| Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase (SGOT)-Increased Level | Pulomonary embolism, CHF, AMI |
| SGPT-ALT-Increased Level | AMI, CHF |
| Na-Blood Electrolyte-Decreased Level | Addisons Disease, Chronic reanl failure, Hyponatremia, Ketoacidosis |
| Na-Blood Electrolyte-INcreased Level | chf, aCUTE REnal failure, Hypernatremia |
| Na-Urine-Decreased Level | CHF, Chronic renal failure |
| Na-Urine-Increased Level | Addisons Disease |
| Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) decreased Level | Aplastic anemia, Sickle cell anemia,Chronic Renal failure |
| Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) Increased Level | Hypochromic anemia, acute blood loss anemia |
| Uric Acid Blood Decreased Level | Burns |
| Uric Acid Blood Increased Level | Acute renal failure, AMI, Leukemia |
| Urinalysis-Bile-Increased Level | Calculus of the bile duct, acute hepatitis |
| Urinalysisi-Ketones/Acetones-Increased Level | Ketoacidosis, Ketosis |
| Urinalysis-pH-Decreased Level | Acidosis |
| Urinalysis-pH-Increased Level | Chronic renal failure, UTI |
| Urinalysis-Protien(Albumin)Increased Level | Acute renal disease, UTI, Toxemia of pregnancy |
| Urinalysis-Specific Gravity-Decreased Level | Disease renal, acute |
| Urinalysis-Specific Gravity-Increased Level | CHF |
| urinalysis-Urobilinogen-Increased Level | Anemia |
| Urinalysis-Microscopic Exam-Cast Hyaline Increased Level | CHF, ACute renal disease |
| Urinalysis-Microscopic Exam-WBC Increased Level | Pyelonephritis, UTI |
| Urine culture-presence of pathogen | UTI |