LABORATORY TESTS
a-1 FETOPROTEIN (ALPHA-I-FETOPROTEIN )
Elevated in:Hepatocellular carcinoma (usually values >1000 ng/ml), germinal neoplasms (testis, ovary, mediastinum, retroperitoneum), liver disease (alcoholic cirrhosis, acute hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis), fetal anencephaly, spina bifida----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ACETONE (serum or plasma)
Elevated in:DKA, starvation, isopropanol Ingestion----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ACID PHOSPHATASE (serum)
Elevated in:Carcinoma of prostate, other neoplasms (breast, bone), Paget's disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, malignant invasion of bone, Gaucher's disease, multiple myeloma, myeloproliferative disorders, benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostatic palpation or surgery, hyperparathyroidism, liver disease, chronic renal failure----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE (ALT, SGPT)
Elevated in:Liver disease (hepatitis, cirrhosis, Reye's syndrome), hepatic congestion, infectious mononucleosis, Ml, myocarditis, severe muscle trauma, dermatomyositis/polymyositis, muscular dystrophy, drugs (antibiotics, narcotics, antihypertensive agents, heparin, labetalol, lovastatin, NSAIDs, amiodarone, chlorpromazine, phenytoin), malignancy, renal and pulmonary infarction, convulsions, eclampsia, shock liver----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ALBUMIN (serum)
Elevated in:Dehydration
Decreased in:Liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, poor nutritional status, rapid IV hydration, protein-losing enteropathies (inflammatory bowel disease), severe bums, neoplasia, chronic inflammatory diseases, pregnancy, oral contraceptives, prolonged immobilization----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ALDOLASE...
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