Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook

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Lipid Profile


Total Cholesterol, Total Desirable: < 200mg/dL Desirable: < 5.17mmo/L
Borderline-high: 200 - 239mg/dL Borderline-high: 5.17 - 6.18mmo/L


High: > 240mg/dL High: > 6.21mmo/L


High Density Lipo- > 35 mg/dL > 0.9 mmol/L
protein (HDL) “Negative” risk factor: > 60 mg/dL “Negative” risk factor: > 1.55
Cholesterol mmol/L


Low density Lipo- Desirable: < 130 mg/dL Desirable < 3.36 mmol/L
protein (LDL) Borderline high: 130 - 159 mg/dL Borderline high: 3.36-4.11 mmol/L
Cholesterol, direct High: > 160 mg/dL High: > 4.14 mmol/L


Triglycerides < 200 mg/dL < 2.26 mmol/L


Urinalysis, Complete Appearance: clear, yellow
Specific gravity: 1.001 - 1.035
pH: 4.6 - 8.0
Protein: negative
Glucose: negative
Reducing substances: negative
Ketones: negative
Bilirubin: negative
Occult blood: negative
WBC esterase: negative
Nitrite: negative
WBC: < 5/high-power field
RBC: < 3/high-power field
Renal epithelial cells: < 3/high-power field
Squamous epithelial cells: none or few/high-power field
Casts: none
Bacteria: none
Yeast: none


All lab values are used by permission from The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Edition 17, edited by


Mark H. Beers and Robert Berkow. Copyright 1999 by Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ.

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