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• pancreatic enzymes

  amylase and lipase
• the most important laboratory test in case of suspected acute pancreatic disease

  amylase
• destruction of pancreatic cell

  lipase
• low albumin

  hypoalbuminemia
• high albumin

  hyperalbuminemia
• excess fluids in peritoneal cavity

  ascites
• blood test used to diagnost type 2 diabetes

  hba1c
• normal

  <5.7%
• pre-diabetes

  5.7-6.4%
• diabetes

  >6.5%
• measures the rate of rbc settling of whole, uncoagulated blood ove time

  esr
• protein your liver makes

  c-reactive protein or crp
• a polypeptide; one of many bloodsteam biomarkers investigated as an early predictor of sepsis

  procalcitonin
• product of purine metabolism

  uric acid
• antibodies which are produced by b lymphocytes

  immunoglobulin
• solid mass of tissues that forms when abnormal cell grouo together

  tumor
• low concentration of Na in the blood

  hyponatremia
• high concentration of Na in the blood

  hypernatremia
• low concentration of K in the blood

  hypokalemia
• high concentration of K in the blood

  hyperkalemia
• type of fat (lipid) found in your blood

  triglycerides
• known as bad cholesterol

  low-density lipoprotein
• known as good cholesterol

  high-density lipoprotein