Common Lab Values Used In Icu

Front 1

Adult WBC Count

Back 1

5K--10K

Hint 1

Common races

Front 2

Adult RBC Count

Back 2

Male: 4.7--6.1million/ml

Female: 4.2--5.4

Hint 2

Top levels are common height
for each sex.

Front 3

Prothrombin Time

Back 3

11--12.5 seconds

Monitors coumadin therapy

Hint 3

INR is 1.5 to 2 times control, the numbers in this hint are included in the answer.

Front 4

APPT and PPT

Back 4

APPT: 30--40 seconds

PPT: 60--70 seconds

Monitors heparin therapy

Hint 4

APPT comes first numerically, skip the 50's when going on to PPT.

Front 5

Ammonia

Back 5

10 - 80 ug/dL

Hint 5

The liver is affected by things we TENd to Eat (eat sounds like? and add a zero).

Front 6

Arterial Blood Gasses

Back 6

pH: 7.35--7.45
Pco2: 35--45
HCO3: 21--28
PO2: 80--100

Hint 6

PCO2 is same as Ph minus the seven.

PO2 is similar to normal pulse

Front 7

Lactic acid

Back 7

0.5 - 2.0 mEq/L

Front 8

BNP

Back 8

less than 100

Hint 8

You want to have less than a 100% chance of a heart attack.

Front 9

Calcium

Back 9

8.5--10.5 mg/dL

Hint 9

You'll be doing great on a diet if you drink this many glasses of milk per day.

Front 10

ionized Calcium

Back 10

1.0 - 1.15 mmol/L

Front 11

Creatinine

Back 11

0.6 - 1.2 mg/dL

Front 12

Hematocrit

Back 12

Male: 42%--52%

Female: 37%--47%

Front 13

Hemoglobin

Back 13

Male: 14--18 g/dL

Female: 12--16

Front 14

Blood Glucose

Back 14

less than 110

Hint 14

Don't eat more than this number of calories per day in candy.

Front 15

Blood Osmolality

Back 15

280 - 300 mOsm/kg

Front 16

Troponin I

Back 16

< 0.06 ng/mL

Front 17

Troponin T

Back 17

<0.1 ng/mL

Front 18

ALT & AST

Back 18

0 - 35 U/L

Front 19

Magnesium

Back 19

1.3 - 2.1

Front 20

Potassium

Back 20

3.5--5

Hint 20

same as albumin

Front 21

Phosphorus

Back 21

3.0--4.5

Front 22

Albumin

Back 22

3.5--5

Hint 22

same as potassium

Front 23

Prostate Specific Antigen

Back 23

less than 4

Front 24

Sodium

Back 24

136--145

Front 25

Triglycerides

Back 25

< 180

Front 26

BUN

Back 26

8 - 25 mg/dL

Front 27

Platelet Count

Back 27

150K to 400K

Front 28

Chloride

Back 28

95 - 105 mEq/L

Front 29

Albumin

Back 29

4 - 6 g/dL

Front 30

Amylase

Back 30

0 - 130 U/L

Front 31

Lipase

Back 31

0 - 160 U/L

Front 32

INR

Back 32

1.5 - 2.0 x

Front 33

Fibrinogen

Back 33

175 - 400 mg/dL

Front 34

Cortisol

Back 34

4 - 19 ug/dL

Front 35

D-Dimer

Back 35

< 0.5 ug/mL (< 500 ug/L)

Front 36

ESR

Back 36

0 - 30 mm/hr range

Varies with age, sex, pregnancy

Front 37

Acetone

Back 37

positive or negative

Front 38

HgbA1C

Back 38

3 - 6%

Front 39

CPK/CK (=)

Back 39

60 - 400 units/L

Front 40

CK-MB

Back 40

0 - 7.5 ng/mL or <3% (of total CPK/CK)

Front 41

C-reactive protein (CRP)

Back 41

< 10 mg/L

Front 42

Anion gap

Back 42

10 - 14 mEq/L