Lab Values* Normal vs.

Critical
**Please note that all normal ranges for blood test will depend on the lab performing the test. The normal values listed are to be used as references only for adults >13 years of age.**

LAB

NORMAL VALUES

CRITICAL VALUES
LOW HIGH > 400 > 6.5 > 20 > 60 > 30,000 > 160 > 1 million >100 ph: < 7.25 CO2: < 20 < 15 > 7.55 > 60 > 40 75% or less > 20

Glucose Potassium Hemoglobin Hematocrit WBC Sodium Platelets BUN ABG

70-110 mg/dL 3.5-5.0mEq/L men: 14-18 g/dL women: 12-16 g/dL men: 40-54% women: 38-47%

< 50 < 2.5 <5 < 15 < 2,500 < 120 < 50,000

5,000-10,000 135-145 mEq/L 150,000-400,000 10-20 mg/dL pH: 7.35-7.45 PaO2: 80-100 mmHg PaCO2: 35-45 mmHg HCO3: 22-26 mEq/L SaO2: 94-100% 11.0-12.5 seconds 1.3-2.0 30-40 seconds men: 0.6-1.3 mg/dL women: 0.5-1.0 mg.dL men: 4.7-6.1 million/mm3 women: 4.2-5.4 million/mm3 0.5-2 ng/ml

PT INR** aPTT (same as PTT)*** Creatinine RBC Digoxin

> 70 >4

>2.0

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LAB

NORMAL VALUES
LOW

CRITICAL VALUES
HIGH > 15 minutes

Bleeding Time Hemoglobin A1C

1-9 minutes Good Control: 2.5-5.9% Fair Control: 6-8% Poor Control: > 8% 1.3-2.1 mEq/L 122-200 mg/dL men: mean, 45-50 mg/dL women: mean, 55-60 mg/dL 60-180 mg/dL < 0.5

Magnesium Total Cholesterol HDL LDL Urinalysis alb pH WBC glucose negative Albumin Lithium level Bilirubin

>3

0-8 mg/dL 4.6-8.0 0-4 3.5-5 g/dL .6-1.2 meq/L therapeutic Total: 0.3-1.0 mg/dL Indirect: 0.2-0.8 mg/dL Direct: 01.-0.3 mg/dL 10-80 mg/dL 10-30 U/L 8-40 U/L 6.4-8.3 g/dL men: 0-10 mm/hr women: 0-20 mm/hr 3.0-4.5 L1 > 1.5 >12

Ammonia ALT=SGPT AST=SGOT Total Protein ESR Phosphorous/Phosphate

Other lab values noted in the Student Manual *Top 30 lab values for new nurses to know as stated and ranked in the 2008 Knowledge of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses Survey. **For most clients a therapeutic INR is 2.0-3.0, although an INR of 3.0-4.5 may be considered therapeutic depending on the client. ***Therapeutic level for a client that is on a medication that requires aPTT to be monitored should be 1.5-2x normal. Pagana and Pagana, Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Test, Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 2006.

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