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(*) Tests|Patient Results &Date|Patient Results & Date|Normal|Possible causes for out of range result|
Coagulation Tests:|||||
Activated partial Thromboplastin time (PTT)|25.7||22.2-39.5||
Prothrombin time (PT)|11.6||9.9-14.7||
International Normalized Ratio (INR)|||1.0-3.5||
Clotting Factors|||||
D-Dimer|||||
Drug Therapeutic Levels:|||||
Digoxin|||||
Theophylline|||||
Dilantin|||||
Peak and Trough|||||
Gentamicin|||||
Vancomycin|||||
Other|||||
Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs):||||RA|
||||Supplemental L/min| pH (alkaline or acidity)|||||
Partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2 or PCO2)|||||
Partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO2 orP02)|||||
Bicarbonate Level (HCO3)|||||
Saturation of arterial oxygen (SPO2)|||||
Base Excess|||||
Cultures:|||||
Culture Type:||.|||
Culture Type:|||||
Culture Type: Culture Type:|||||
Urine:|||||
Urine Studies:|||||
Urine Studies:|||||
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Clinical Laboratory Test Results

Tests|Patient Results& Date10/17/12|Patient Results & Date|Normal|Possible causes for out of range result|
Chemistry|||||
Alanine Aminotransferase Test (ALT)|146||30-65||
Albumin|||||
Alkaline Phosphatase|191||54-415||
Ammonia Test (NH3)|||||
Amylase|||||
Anion gap|||||
Aspartate Aminotransferase Test (AST)|||||
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)| 6||5-25||
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)|||||
Calcium (Ca**)|9.3||8.6-11.0||
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)|18||17-31||
Chloride (Of)|110||98-108||
Cholesterol|||||
Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK or CK-MB)|||||
Creatinine|0.30||0.1-0.7||
Ethyl Alcohol content (ETON)|||||
Glucose|81||55-110||
Glutamyl Transpeptidase Test (GOT)|||||
Glycosylated Hemoglobin (Hb A1c)|||||
High-density Lipoprotein (HDL)|||||

nomocysteine|||||
Hormone Test|||||
Iron (Fe)|||||
Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)|||||
Lipase|||||

(*) Tests|Patient Results&Date|Patient Results &Date|Normal|Possible causes for out of range result|
Magnesium (Mg+)|||||
Phosphorous

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