Conversion table

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HAEMATOLOGY Hematocrit Hemoglobin MCH MCHC MCV Platelet Count RBC Reticulocytes WBC FDPs Fibrinogen

% g/dl pg/cell g/dl ␮3 103/␮l 106/␮l ␮l 103/␮l ␮g/ml mg/dl

0.01 10 1 10 1 1 1 0.001 1 1 0.01

volume fraction g/l pg/cell g/l fl 109/l 1012/l 109/l 109/l mg/l g/l

100 0.1 1 0.1 1 1 1 1000 1 1 100

% g/dl pg/cell g/dl ␮3 103/␮l 106/␮l ␮l 103/␮l ␮g/ml mg/dl

BIOCHEMISTRY Albumin Aldosterone ALP, SAP, Alk phos Ammonia ALT, SGPT AST, SGOT Base Excess Bicarbonate Bilirubin Calcium Carbon dioxide total Chloride Cholesterol Copper Cortisol Creatine kinase Creatinine Ferritin Folate GGT Glucose Insulin Iron Iron binding capacity Lactate LDH Lipase Magnesium Phosphorus Potassium Protein, total Sodium Thyroxine (T4) total Thyroxine, free Transferrin Tri-iodothyronine (T3) Triglycerides Urea (nitrogen) Vitamin B12

g/dl ng/dl U/l ␮g/dl U/l U/l mEq/l mEq/l mg/dl mg/dl mEq/l mEq/l mg/dl ␮g/dl ng/ml U/l mg/dl ng/ml ng/ml U/l mg/dl ␮lU/ml ␮g/dl ␮g/dl mg/dl U/l U/l mEq/l mg/dl mEq/l g/dl mEq/l ␮g/dl ng/dl mg/dl ng/dl mg/dl mg/dl pg/ml

10 0.0277 1 0.5872 1 1 1 1 17.1 0.25 1 1 0.0259 0.157 2.76 1 88.4 1 2.266 1 0.0555 7.175 0.179 0.179 0.111 1 1 0.5 0.323 1 10 1 12.9 12.9 0.01 0.0154 0.0113 0.357 0.738

g/l nmol/l U/l ␮mol/l U/l U/l mmol/l mmol/l ␮mol/l mmol/l mmol/l mmol/l mmol/l ␮mol/l nmol/l U/l ␮mol/l ␮g/l nmol/l U/l mmol/l pmol/l ␮mol/l ␮mol/l mmol/l U/l U/l mmol/l mmol/l mmol/l g/l mmol/l nmol/l pmol/l g/l nmol/l mmol/l mmol/l urea pmol/l

0.1 36.1 1 1.703 1 1 1 1 0.0584 4 1 1 38.61 6.37 0.362 1 0.0113 1 0.4413 1 18.02 0.1394 5.587 5.587 9.01 1 1 2 3.1 1 0.1 1 0.0775 0.0775 100 65.1 88.5 2.8 1.355

g/dl ng/dl U/l ␮g/dl U/l U/l mEq/l mEq/l mg/dl mg/dl mEq/l mEq/l mg/dl ␮g/dl ng/ml U/l mg/dl ng/ml ng/ml U/l mg/dl ␮lU/ml ␮g/dl ␮g/dl mg/dl U/l U/l mEq/l mg/dl mEq/l g/dl mEq/l ␮g/dl ng/dl mg/dl ng/dl mg/dl mg/dl pg/ml