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lipemia; lipemic specimen
Excessive lipid in the blood, largely in the form of chylomicrons.
Etiology:
- hyperlipoproteinemia type 1
- hyperlipoproteinemia type 5
- hyperlipoproteinemia type 2B
- non fasting state
Clinical manifestations:
- serum appears turbid or milky
Interferences:
- lipemia interferes with laboratory measurements based on transmittance of light through the specimen
- clinically significant interferences for
- serum phosphorus
- serum creatinine
- total protein in serum
- serum calcium [2]
General
sign/symptom
References
- Capital Health. Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
Lipemia.
http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/pathology-laboratory-medicine/clinical-chemistry/lipemia
- Calmarza P1, Cordero J.
Lipemia interferences in routine clinical biochemical tests.
Biochem Med (Zagreb). 2011;21(2):160-6.
PMID: 22135856