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What your basic metabolic panel really means...

And what it doesn't

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Leland Stillman, MD
Jun 14, 2023
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Part two of a three part series on routine labs. In part one, I wrote about the CBC.

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What Your "Normal" Labs Really Mean
This is a short series of posts in lieu of Monday Masterclass this week. In the next Masterclass (6/19/2023) we’ll be covering iodine and fungal infections. It was a close run between iodine and fungal infections, and so because I missed a Masterclass this week, I am going to give you all two next week…
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3 years ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Leland Stillman, MD

Today we’re tackling the BMP.

The Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)

The basic metabolic panel contains vital information about the status of key elements within the blood. These are sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, calcium, glucose, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine…

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