Version 2.79

Term Description

The presence of gastric pepsin A in a patient's airway is a marker for aspiration and assists in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux. Chronic aspiration of gastric contents may worsen lung disease in premature infants, or other mechanically ventilated patients. PMID: 16954956 This assay detects both pepsin A and pepsinogen A and does not differentiate between the two. A level of less than 3 is considered in range. (One unit of pepsin A=0.1ng/ml pepsin A is a measure of concentration (ng/ml) expressed in an arbitrarily defined unit.)

Part Description

LP206550-8   Pepsin A+Pepsinogen A
Pepsin is the principal proteolytic enzyme of vertebrate gastric juice. Pepsin's inactive precursor form, pepsinogen, is produced in stomach mucosa. The minor pepsins are designated "B", "C", and "D". "A" is the major component. Source: Regenstrief LOINC , Pepsin

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Pepsin A+Pepsinogen A
Property
MCnc
Time
Pt
System
Respiratory system specimen.lower
Scale
Qn
Method
IA

Additional Names

Long Common Name
Pepsin A+Pepsinogen A [Mass/volume] in Lower respiratory specimen by Immunoassay
Short Name
PepsinA+PepsinogenA Lower resp IA-mCnc
Display Name
Pepsin A+Pepsinogen A IA (Lower resp) [Mass/Vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Pepsin A+Pepsinogen A, Lower respiratory

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.56
Last Updated
Version 2.77 (MAJ)
Change Reason
Release 2.77: SYSTEM: Updated to standardize the representation of "Respiratory system specimen" in the System subhierarchy across LOINC;
Order vs. Observation
Both

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
80831-1 Pepsin A Panel - Lower respiratory specimen

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
de-AT German (Austria) Synonyms: Pepsin /SM
el-GR Greek (Greece) Πεψίνη A+Πεψινογόνο A:MCnc:Pt:Δείγμα αναπνευστικού συστήματος.κατώτερο:Qn:IA
Synonyms: A MCnc Πεψίνη Πεψίνη A+Πεψινογόνο A Πεψινογόνο
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Pepsina A + Pepsinógeno A:Concentración de masa:Punto temporal:Muestra de vías respiratorias inferiores:Cuantitativo:Inmunoensayo
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Pepsina A + Pepsinógeno A:Concentración de masa:Punto temporal:Muestra de vías respiratorias inferiores:Qn:IA
Synonyms: Cuantitativo Muestra del tracto respiratorio Muestra respiratoria Tracto respiratorio
fr-FR French (France) Pepsine A+pepsinogène A:Masse/Volume:Ponctuel:Échantillon du système respiratoire inférieur:Numérique:Immunoanalyse
it-IT Italian (Italy) Pepsina A+PepsinogenoA:MCnc:Pt:Campione da Sistema Respiratorio.inferiore:Qn:IA
Synonyms: Campione da Apparato Respiratorio Campione da apparato respiratorio inferiore Chimica Concentrazione di Massa Immunoassay Punto nel tempo (episodio)
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) pepsine A + pepsinogeen A:massa/volume:moment:onderste luchtwegen:kwantitatief:immunoassay
Synonyms: IA onderste ademhalingsstelsel; systema respiratorium inferior systema respiratorium; ademhalingsstelsel
zh-CN Chinese (China) 胃蛋白酶 A+胃蛋白酶原 A:质量浓度:时间点:呼吸系统标本.下:定量型:免疫测定法
Synonyms: A 型 PG;前胃蛋白酶;总胃蛋白酶原 下 下的 下部 低级 低级的 供检查用的材料;待检物;待试验物;样品;样本;试料;试样 免疫测定;免疫分析法;免疫检定法;免疫检定;免疫试验;酶免疫测定法;酶免疫测定;酶免疫分析法;酶免疫检定法;酶免疫检定;酶免疫试验 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 受检物 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 呼吸系统（呼吸道）标本.下;下呼吸系统标本;下呼吸道标本 呼吸道标本（样品、样本）;呼吸系统标本（样品、样本） 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 样品 样本 水平;浓度;质量浓度(单位体积) 胃液素 胃蛋白酶（胃液素） A+胃蛋白酶原（前胃蛋白酶、PG） A 试样 较低 较低的

Example Units

Unit Source
ng/mL Example UCUM Units

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CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=80828-7