Lab Value Interpretation Chemistries course TAB
Presented by: 12400 High Bluff Drive San Diego, CA 92130 This course has been approved for two ( ) contact hours. This course expires on September 12, 2005. Copyright 2005 by All Rights Reserved. Reproduction and distribution of these materials are prohibited without the express written authorization of First Published: September 12, 2005 Lab Value Interpretation for Nurses: Chemistries and Renal Studies 1 Acknowledgements ________________________________________ ________________ 2 Purpose & Objectives ________________________________________ ______________ 3 Introduction ________________________________________ ______________________ 4 Chemistries_____________________________ __________________________________ 5 Sodium (NA) ________________________________________ ______________________ 5 Chloride (CL) ________________________________________ _____________________ 6 Potassium (K) ________________________________________ _____________________ 7 calcium (CA)____________________________________ __________________________ 7 Magnesium (MG) ________________________________________ __________________ 9 Phosphate (P) _______________________________________
When interpreting lab results, you should look at phoshate and calcium together. Most of the causes of abnormal phosphate levels are the same as that causing abnormal calcium levels. It should also be noted that some labs may also call phosphate “phosphorus”. Phosphate is a major intracellular anion.
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