Comprehensive Lab Reference Values Guide
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Laboratories
Reference Range
Exam
(conventional units*)
Complete erythrogram
Erythrocyte Count 4.2-5.9 million/µL/mm
Man: 45-52%
Hematocrit
Women: 37-48%
Men: 13-18 g/dL
Hemoglobin
Woman: 12-16 g/dL
Concentration of
hemoglobin
32-36% hemoglobin per cell
media corpuscular
(CHCM)
Hemoglobin
corpuscular medium 27-32 pg/cell
(HCM)
Corpuscular volume
76-100 µm³
medium (MCV)
Speed of
Man: 1-13 mm/hour
hemosedimentation
Woman: 1-20 mm/hour
(VHS)
RDW 11.5-15%
Leukogram
White blood cell count 4,300-10,800 cells/µL/mm3
Neutrophils 45% to 75%
Segmented or
4 to 5%
sticks
Eosinophils 1 to 5%
Basophils 0 to 2%
Lymphocytes 15 to 45%
Monocytes 3 to 10%
Cell count
500-1500 cells/µL
CD4
Hemostatic Tests:
Platelet count 150,000-450,000/mL
Prothrombin Time 70-80%
Activated (TAP/TP) 10-13 sec
Thromboplastin Time <15-30%
Partial (PTT) 25-35 sec
Tempo de Sangramento
3-7 minutes.
(TS)
Retracement Time of
1-3h
Clot
Coagulation Time
4 to 10 minutes
(TC)
Glicose:
Blood sugar in shape
<200 mg/dL
random
Fasting blood glucose <110-126 mg/dL
Blood glucose 2 hours postprandial
or post-75g of <140-200 mgl
glucoseVO
Hemoglobin
<7%
glycosylated
Lipid profile:
< 225 mg/dL (40-49 years; increases with the
Cholesterol
age
Less than 100 mg/dL - Excellent
Between 101 and 130 mg/dL - Normal
LDL Between 131 and 160 mg/dL - Normal/high
Between 161 and 190 mg/dL - High
Greater than 190 mg/dL - Very high
Less than 40 mg/dL - Low (bad)
HDL Between 41 and 60 mg/dL - Normal
Greater than 60 mg/dL - High (excellent)
Triglycerides 40-200 mg/dL (higher in men)
Electrolytes
Sodium 135-145 mEq/L
Potassium 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
8.5-10.5 mg/dL (discreetly higher
Calcium
in children)
Chloride 98-106 mEq/L
Magnesium 1.5-2.0 mEq/L
Copper Total: 70-150 µg/dL
Iron 60-160 µg/dL (higher in men)
40 µg/dL or less (much lower in
Lead
children)
Phosphorus (inorganic) 3.0-4.5 mg/dL
Osmolality 280-296 mOsm/kg of water
Tests of the function
hepatic
Total: up to 1.0 mg/dL
Bilirubin
Direct: up to 0.4 mg/dL
Alkaline phosphatase 50-160 units/L (>infants and adolescents)
Proteins:
Totals 6.0-8.4 g/dL
Albumin 3.5-5.0 g/dL
Globulins 2.3-3.5 g/dL
Transaminases:
Alanine (ALT) 1-21 units/L
Aspartate (AST) 7-27 units/L
Prothrombin Time 70-80%
Activated (TAP/TP) 10-13 sec
Gasometry
Acidity (pH) 7.35-7.45
P CO2 35-45 mm Hg
P O2 83-100 mm Hg
Oxygen saturation
96-100%
arterial
HCO3- 18-23 mEq/L
Venous: 4.5-19.8 mg/dL
Lactate (lactic acid)
Arterial: 4.5-14.4 mg/dL
Lactic dehydrogenase 50-150 units/L
Pancreas
Lipase 10-150 units/L
Amylase 53-123 units
Prostate
Prostate antigen
0-4 ng/mL (increases with age)
specific
Acid phosphatase
0-3 units/dL (Bodansky units)
prostate
Necrosis Markers
Myocardial
Increase: 2-4h
Myoglobin Pico:9-12h
Decrease: 24-36h
Increase: 1-6h
CK-MB Pico: 12-24h
Decrease: 24-72h
Increase: 4-8h
Troponin-1 Pico: 12-16h
Decrease: 5-9d
LCR
Cells 0-4 mm3
Total Protein 13-25 mg%
Glucose 50-89 mg%
Chloride 680-750 mg%
Urine
Density 1005-1035
pH 5.5-7.0
Absence = less than 10 mg/dL or 0.05 g/L
Traces = between 10 and 30 mg/dL
1+ = 30 mg/dl
Proteins
2+ = 40 to 100 mg/dL
3+ = 150 to 350 mg/dL
4+ = Greater than 500 mg/dL
Red blood cells (blood) 3-5 red blood cells/field
Leukocytes <10 leukocytes/field
Urobilinogen and
<1.5 mg/dL
bilirubin
Epithelial cells and
cylinders
Other tests of
Blood
Carbon monoxide < 5% of total hemoglobin
Ceruloplasmin 15-60 mg/dL
Creatinine 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
Binding capacity
250-460 µg/dL
of iron
Ammonia 15-50 µg of nitrogen/dL
Urea nitrogen from
7-18 mg/dL
blood (BUN)
Pyruvic acid 0.3-0.9 mg/dL
Uric acid 3.0-7.0 mg/dL
Creatine kinase (CK or Man: 38-174 units/L
CPK Woman: 96-140 units/L
Creatine isoenzymes
5% MB or less
cinase