17810-3

Prealbumin/Protein.total in Body fluid by Electrophoresis

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Part Descriptions

LP15837-5   Prealbumin
Prealbuimn, a tetrameric protein (MW 50,000-70,000) composed of 4 chains, migrates on electrophoresis in 3 distinct fractions. It migrates faster than serum albumin and its concentration ranges from 7 to 33 percent in the serum. The levels of prealbumin levels decrease in liver disease. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

LP32144-5   Protein.total
Serum total protein, also called plasma total protein or total protein, is a biochemical test for measuring the total amount of protein in blood plasma or serum.

Protein in the plasma is made up of albumin and globulin. The globulin in turn is made up of α1, α2, β, and γ globulins. These fractions can be quantitated using protein electrophoresis, but the total protein test is a faster and cheaper test that estimates the total of all fractions together. The traditional method for measuring total protein uses the biuret reagent, but other chemical methods such as Kjeldahl method, dye-binding and refractometry are now available. The measurement is usually performed on automated analysers along with other laboratory tests. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Total protein

LP7238-1   Body fld
The LOINC "Body fld" System represents body fluids other than serum, plasma, blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid. When a LOINC term with the System "Body fld" is used, the specific specimen source or body fluid type should be reported elsewhere with the result. Where more specific terms for pleural, peritoneal, synovial fluid, etc. exist, we encourage you to use the more specific terms. In contrast to "Body fld", the System "Asp" in LOINC represents the fluid withdrawn during an aspiration procedure from an abnormal collection of fluid, such as from an abscess or cyst. "Asp" is used for abnormal fluid collections that are aspirated, while "Body fld" is used for named body fluids, such as synovial fluid or peritoneal fluid, that are not inherently pathologic. Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component

Prealbumin/Protein.total

Property

MFr

Time

Pt

System

Body fld

Scale

Qn

Method

Electrophoresis

Additional Names

Short Name

Prealb MFr Fld Elph

Display Name

Prealbumin Elph (Body fld) [Mass fraction]

Consumer Name Alpha Get Info

Prealbumin, Body fluid

Basic Attributes

Class

CHEM

Type

Laboratory

First Released

Version 1.0l

Last Updated

Version 2.70

Order vs. Observation

Observation

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Related Names

• B/F
• BF
• bod
• Bodies
• Body fluid
• Body fluid, unsp
• Chemistry
• Elec
• Elect
• Electr
• Electro
• Electrophhrs
• Electrophrs
• Elp
• Elph
• Ep
• Fl
• Fld
• FLU
• Fluid
• Mass fraction
• PALB
• Percent
• Point in time
• PR
• Pre albumin
• Prot
• QNT
• Quan
• Quant
• Quantitative
• Random
• Tot
• Totl
• TP
• Transthyretin

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