Healthy, active 20-year –old boy with no history of illness…
Healthy, active 20-year –old boy with no history of illness comes to the lab after school for a routine chemistry screen. After the centrifugation, the serum looks cloudy. The specimen had the following results: blood glucose 135 mg/dL total cholesterol 210 mg/dL triglyceride 195 mg/dL What is the most probable explanation of these findings? The boy:
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An electrolyte panel was performed on a patient in the emergency room. The following values were reported: Sodium: 150 mEq/L Potassium: 5 mEq/L Chloride: 110 mEq/L Bicarbonate: 30 mEq/L The anion gap (with using K) for this patient is:
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