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  • Blood lead level (BLL), is a measure of the amount of lead in the blood. Lead is a toxic heavy metal and can cause neurological damage, especially among...
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    of lead poisoning in adults with certain occupations at particular risk. Diagnosis is typically by measurement of the blood lead level. The Centers for...
    197 KB (21,235 words) - 19:33, 15 May 2024
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    The blood sugar level, blood sugar concentration, blood glucose level, or glycemia is the measure of glucose concentrated in the blood. The body tightly...
    39 KB (4,030 words) - 19:53, 22 May 2024
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    Continued low oxygen levels may lead to respiratory or cardiac arrest. Oxygen therapy may be used to assist in raising blood oxygen levels. Oxygenation occurs...
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    measured in a blood test Blood film, a way to look at blood cells under a microscope Blood gas test Blood lead level Hematology, the study of blood Luminol...
    16 KB (1,346 words) - 12:48, 8 November 2023
  • acid–base, blood gases and drugs (used in therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) assays). Arterial levels for drugs are generally higher than venous levels because...
    108 KB (6,105 words) - 02:54, 19 May 2024
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    understanding of blood lead levels (BLLs) and other factors have meant that a new scientific consensus has emerged. No 'safe' level of lead in the human bloodstream...
    16 KB (1,860 words) - 21:39, 12 May 2024
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    high levels of cholesterol in the blood. It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins...
    59 KB (6,075 words) - 19:44, 23 April 2024
  • Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) program, a state-based surveillance program of laboratory-reported adult blood lead levels. In 2009...
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    8-hour workday, and the blood lead level limit at 5 μg per 100 g of blood in 2012. Lead may still be found in harmful quantities in stoneware, vinyl (such...
    173 KB (18,904 words) - 18:07, 20 May 2024
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    Hypoglycemia (redirect from Low Blood Sugar)
    Hypoglycemia, also called low blood sugar, is a fall in blood sugar to levels below normal, typically below 70 mg/dL (3.9 mmol/L). Whipple's triad is...
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  • diabetes mellitus. Acetohexamide A pill taken to lower the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. People with Type 2 diabetes may take these pills. See also:...
    115 KB (14,929 words) - 04:19, 11 April 2024
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    or more as having a "blood lead level of concern". In 2021, the level was lowered in accordance with the average lead level in the U.S. decreasing to...
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    In hematology, thrombocytopenia is a condition characterized by abnormally low levels of platelets (also known as thrombocytes) in the blood. Low levels...
    28 KB (2,658 words) - 15:10, 6 January 2024
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    Venipuncture (redirect from Blood draw)
    remove blood due to excess levels of iron or erythrocytes (red blood cells); or to collect blood for later uses, mainly transfusion either in the donor...
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  • g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. Dyslipidemia is a risk factor for the development of atherosclerotic...
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  • Hematemesis (redirect from Blood in vomit)
    given until endoscopy can be arranged. Blood transfusions may be given if the level of hemoglobin in the blood is extremely low, that is less than 8.0...
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    that certain subtle neurobehavioral effects in children may occur at very low PbBs. (PbB means lead blood level) DeCicco, John M.; Kliesch, James (February...
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    level of alkaline phosphatase in the blood is checked through the ALP test, which is often part of routine blood tests. The levels of this enzyme in the...
    55 KB (6,143 words) - 16:14, 12 May 2024
  • Azotemia (category Abnormal clinical and laboratory findings for blood)
    nitrogen-rich compounds) in the blood. It is largely related to insufficient or dysfunctional filtering of blood by the kidneys. It can lead to uremia and acute...
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