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chemistry screen
uric acid
diagnoses

definition

reference ranges:
males: 4.0-7.6 mg/dl
females: 3.0-6.2 mg/dl
healthy: <6.4 mg/dl

conditions that can exhibit an increase in uric acid:
Gout; Patients with relatives with gout; Renal failure (though it does not reflect the severity of kidney damage present); Increased destruction of nucleoproteins (polycythemia, leukemia, cancer, sickle cell anemia, psoriasis); Diet (high protein, high nucleoproteins: liver and sweetbreads); Asymptomatic hyperuricemia; Arteriosclerosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Liver dysfunction; Diabetes mellitus; Down's syndrome; Polycystic kidneys; Hypothyroidism; Asthma; High triglycerides.

conditions that can exhibit a decrease in uric acid:
ACTH drug therapy; Uricosuric therapy (allopurinal, coumarins, cortisone); Wilson's disease; Cancer, occasionally; Fanconi's syndrome; folic acid/B12 deficiency; Pregnancy; Liver cirrhosis.

Colchicine administration will elicit no change in the uric acid levels.


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