Selected USMLE Laboratory Values

* = Included in the Biochemical Profile (SMA-12)

Blood, Plasma, Serum

Reference Range

SI Reference Intervals

*Alanine aminotransferase (ALT, GPT at 30C)

820 U/L

820 U/L

25125 U/L

25125 U/L

820 U/L

820 U/L

0.11.0 mg/dL // 0.00.3 mg/dL

217 mol/L // 05 mol/L

*Calcium, serum (Total)

8.410.2 mg/dL

2.12.8 mmol/L

*Cholesterol, serum (Total)

< 200 mg/dL

< 5.2 mmol/L

*Creatinine, serum (Total)

0.61.2 mg/dL

53106 mol/L

Electrolytes, serum
Sodium
Chloride
* Potassium
Bicarbonate
Magnesium

136145 mEq/L
95105 mEq/L
3.55.0 mEq/L
2228 mEq/L
1.5 mEq/L

136145 mmol/L
95105 mmol/L
3.55.0 mmol/L
2228 mmol/L
0.751.0 mmol/L

75105 mmHg
3344 mmHg
7.357.45

10.014.0 kPa
4.45.9 kPa
[H+] 3644 nmol/L

Fasting: 70110 mg/dL

2-h postprandial: < 120 mg/dL

3.86.1 mmol/L
< 6.6 mmol/L

Growth hormone arginine stimulation

Fasting: < 5 ng/mL

provocative stimuli: > 7 ng/mL

< 5 g/L
> 7 g/L

Osmolality, serum

275295 mOsm/kg

275295 mOsm/kg

*Phosphatase (alkaline), serum (p-NPP at 30C)

2070 U/L

2070 U/L

*Phosphorus (inorganic), serum

3.04.5 mg/dL

1.01.5 mmol/L

< 20 ng/mL

< 20 g/L

*Proteins, serum
Total (recumbent)
Albumin
Globulins

6.07.8 g/dL
3.55.5 g/dL
2.33.5 g/dL

6078 g/L
3555 g/L
2335 g/L

*Urea nitrogen, serum (BUN)

718 mg/dL

1.23.0 mmol/L

*Uric acid, serum

3.08.2 mg/dL

0.180.48 mmol/L

Amylase, serum
*Aspartate aminotransferase (AST, GOT at 30C)
Bilirubin, serum (adult)
Total // Direct

Gases, arterial blood (room air)

PO 2
PCO2
pH
*Glucose, serum

Prolactin, serum (hPRL)

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Cerebrospinal Fluid

Reference Range

SI Reference Intervals

4070 mg/dL

2.23.9 mmol/L

Erythrocyte count

Male: 4.35.9 million/mm3

Female: 3.55.5 million/mm3

4.35.9 1012/L
3.55.5 1012/L

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Westergen)

Male: 015 mm/h

Female: 020 mm/h

015 mm/h
020 mm/h

Hematocrit

Male: 4153%
Female: 3646%

0.410.53
0.360.46

Hemoglobin, blood

Male: 13.517.5 g/dL

Female: 12.016.0 g/dL

2.092.71 mmol/L
1.862.48 mmol/L

Hemoglobin, plasma

14 mg/dL

0.160.62 mol/L

Leukocyte count and differential

Leukocyte count
Segmented neutrophils
Band forms
Eosinophils
Basophils
Lymphocytes
Monocytes

450011,000/mm3
5462%
35%
13%
00.75%
2533%
37%

4.511.0 109/L
0.540.62
0.030.05
0.010.03
00.0075
0.250.33
0.030.07

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

25.434.6 pg/cell

0.390.54 fmol/cell

Glucose
Hematologic

m3

80100 fL

Mean corpuscular volume

80100

Partial thromboplastin time (activated)

2540 seconds

2540 seconds

Platelet count

150,000400,000/mm3

150400 109/L

Prothrombin time

1115 seconds

1115 seconds

Reticulocyte count

0.51.5% of red cells

0.0050.015

035 mmol/L

035 mmol/L

< 150 mg/24 h

< 0.15 g/24 h

Sweat

Chloride
Urine

Proteins, total

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