Ask your clinician to review absolute count and clinical context.
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What’s searchable?Serum chemistry value. Do not substitute arterial blood-gas bicarbonate ranges.
Fibrinogen plays a role in blood clotting and can also rise with inflammation. It may help to compare it with other clotting tests.
Ask your clinician to specify whole blood, RBC, plasma, or intracellular method. Preanalytic handling is critical.
Screening measure, not a stand-alone treatment target.
Risk-based goals may be <100, <70, or <55 depending on primary/secondary prevention risk.
Higher HDL is not always protective; interpret within the entire risk profile.
150-199 borderline high; 200-499 high; ≥500 severe and pancreatitis-relevant.
Risk-based goals may be lower; useful when triglycerides are elevated.
Often calculated. Less reliable when triglycerides are markedly elevated.
90-99 above desirable; 100-119 borderline high; 120-139 high; ≥140 very high. Risk goals may be lower.
The test method matters. Ask your clinician to read this result with HDL and ApoB.
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