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here is a brief overview that may help you - i did this for my nursing classes. hepatic (liver function tests) alt (sgpt) (alanine aminotransferase) 4-36 units/l primarily found in liver ast (sgot) (aspartate aminotransferase) 5-40 units/l found in liver but in other organs such as kidneys, muscles, heart bilirubin total:0.1-1.2 mg/dl direct: 0.1-0.3 mg/dl this is what causes jaundice (yellow color in eyes & skin) ggt (ggtp) gamma-glutamyl transferase 0-45 unit/l found primarily in the liver & kidney kidney function: creatinine 0.5-1.5 mg/dl produced due to muscle catabolism & filtered & excreted by the kidneys. high levels may be related to dehydration or kidney insufficiency / failure bun (blood-urea-nitrogen) 5-25 mg/dl end product of protein metabolism that is excreted by the kidneys. may be elevated due to dehydration, but will return to normal when hydrated, if it don't it could indicate pre-renal failure or renal failure urinalysis reagent strip or send to lab normal range: per dipstick brand the bottle of reagent strips will have a table to measure what the dipstick results are. urine albumin(protein) dipstick or send to lab 0-5 mg/dl protienuria - usually caused by renal disease. usually due to impaired reabsorbtion or glomerular damage osmolality (urine) 50-1200mosm/kg/h2o shows the urine concentration of solutes (particles) in a urine specimen these are the major test that are done and if these are abnormal then they do more specific testing to narrow down the exact cause. just because one test is abnormal it may or may not indicate acute or chronic disease. usually when several of them are off it needs further investigation. let me know if this helps

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