Can you share on ways to memorize lab values

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hello i had posted this yesterday evening and it was errased. so i decided to ask again. i have trouble remembering lab values. if anyone has any suggestions on how to remember them it would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

also thanks mauxtav8r for replying they were really good ways to remember them. i'll put it back here so people can read them. it was awesome thanks.

by mauxtav8r:

here's a couple.

ph 7.35-7.45. this is a good one to start with, because a couple of

others are "35-45". i visualize the litmus paper and remember acid is

under 7, base is over.

so then pco2 is 35-45.

then na++ is 135-145.

ok, that't it for the 35-45 crew. bicarb is 22-26. a friend told me "i

couldn't drink bacardi until i was 21" bicarb at 22-26. that was just

enough to get me to remember it.

calcium. what do 8 to 10 year olds drink? milk. ca++ is 8-10.

potassium. what do 3 and a half to 5 year olds eat? bananas. k++ is

3.5-5.

bun. how wide is my rear, 10 inches or 20 (or more)? bun level is

10-20.

i hope this helps.

These are a few dumb ways I remember some lab values. They, of course, are ridiculous and not at all factual but they stuck in my head for the tests so far. Keep in mind that hospitals and schools vary on the exact values. These are the values I was shown in school.

BUN- 10-20

Fast food restaurants switch from biscuits to BUNs at 10:20 in the morning.

Calcium 8-10

The organic milk I bought lasted from August (08) to October (10)

Phosphorus

The recovered fossil weighed 2.5 tons and sold for $4.5 million at auction

Hope this helps a little bit.

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