“International Medical Service in Egypt.”

Critical Values

Critical Values for Chemistry unit

   ANALYTE

 CRITICAL VALUES

Bilirubin, newborn

>15 mg/dL

Blood Gases, Adult

pH

pCO2

pO2

<7.20 or >7.6

<20 or >70 mmHg

<40 >90mmHg

pO2(Now born)

<35 or >90 mmHg

Calcium, ionized

<3.0 or>6.4mg/dL

Calcium, total

<6.0 or >13.0 mg/dL

Chloride

<80 or >120 mmol/L

Glucose, adult

<40 or >500 mg/dL

Glucose, newborn

<30 or >325 mg/dL

Magnesium

<1.0 or >4.7 mg/dL

Osmolality

<250 or >325 mOsm/Kg

Phosphorus

<1.0 >9 mg/dL

Potassium

<2.8 or>6.2mmol/L

Sodium

<120 or >160mmol/L

Critical Values for Hematology unit

   ANALYTE

 CRITICAL VALUES

Absolute Neutrophil (non‐oncology)

<0.5 x 10³/uL

Hematocrit

<20% > 65%

Hemoglobin

< 7.0 g/dL

Partial thromboplastin time

> 100 sec

Prothrombin Time

INR >5

Platelet count

Infants(NICU only )

Non-oncology

 

<60 x 103/uL

<20 x 103/uL> 1000 x 10³ /uL

Critical Values for Immunology Unit

   ANALYTE

 CRITICAL VALUES

Carbamazepine

>14.0 ug/mL

Cyclosporine by immunoassay

>700 ng/mL

Digoxin

>3.0 ng/ml

Phenytoin (Dilantin)

>30.0 ug/mL

Theophylline

>25.0 ug/mL

Valproic Acid (VPA)

>150 ug/mL

Critical Values for Hormone Unit

   ANALYTE

 CRITICAL VALUES

troponin I

>3 ng/dL

T4, adult

>18.0 ug/dL

T4, newborns

<3.5 or >18.0 ug/dL

Critical Values for Microbiology Unit

Positive blood culture.

Positive direct exam or culture on spinal fluid (CSF).

Positive Cryptococcal antigen (Serum or CSF).

Positive direct exam on any specimen from the Operating Room.

Positive AFB stain or culture from any specimen.

Positive Herpes simplex virus PCR on cerebral spinal fluid (CSF).

 

joomla wellnessLorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s...