A Lipemic Sample?

A lipemic sample?

CASE DESCRIPTION A 69-year-old male patient with nonischemic cardiomyopathy was admitted for biventricular systolic heart failure. Initial laboratory tests were cancelled due to a high lipemic index of 7 (Beckman UniCel® DxC). A redrawn sample yielded the same flag. The lipemic index did not change following ultracentrifugation in an airfuge. The sample was clear upon visual inspection but prec...

High lipemic serum: a case report.

Hypertriglyceridemia is the condition in which the triglyceride level in the blood is elevated. Triglycerides (TGs) are the major source of energy stored in the body. In this case a 66 years old gentleman has consumed pork with alcohol. A milky white serum was observed due to high triglyceride level. However, he had no other lipid disorders. The increased triglyceride level was purely of dietar...

Lipemic serum in hyperlipidemic pancreatitis

BACKGROUND A 37 year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of six hour diffuse abdominal pain accompanied by persistent vomiting. CASE REPORT The patient had a heavy meal a few hours before. There were no signs of peritonitis. Routine laboratory examinations revealed leukocytosis, hyperglycemia and hyperamylasemia (serum amylase: 380 mg/dl, urinary amylase: 1150 mg/dl). ...

Assay-Specific Differences in Lipemic Interference

Native and Intralipid-Supplemented Samples, Joshua A. Bornhorst, Richard F. Roberts, and William L. Roberts ( Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT; 2 ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT; * address correspondence to this author at: ARUP Laboratories, 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108; fax 801-584-520...

Myocardial oxygen consumption during exercise in fasting and lipemic subjects.