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chemistry screen
chemistry screen: SGOT (AST) & SGPT (ALT)
diagnoses

definition

SGOT: Serum Glutamic Oxaloacetic Transaminase and/or AST

standard reference ranges:
males: 5.0-40.0 IU/L
females: 5.0-33.0 IU/L

conditions that can exhibit an increase in SGOT:
Acute MI; Biliary/liver disease; Acute pancreatitis; Musculoskeletal disease (Muscular dystrophy); Rheumatoid arthritis; Asthma; Brucellosis; Parasites, occasionally; Essential hypertension; Alcoholism; Miscellaneous (tissue injury: surgery, irradiation; stroke; Congestive heart failure).

SGOT falsely elevated in:
Calcium dust in the air; Drug therapy (opiates, erythromycin, penicillins).

conditions that can exhibit a decrease in SGOT:
Vitamin B6 deficiency (especially if it is a woman on birth control pills); Liver congestion (sluggish liver syndrome); orchic or ovarian hypofunction.

SGOT falsely depressed in:
Diabetic ketoacidosis; Beriberi; Severe liver disease; Uremia; Chronic hemodialysis.

conditions with normal values of SGOT:
Congestive heart failure with liver involvement; Pericarditis; Coronary insufficiency; Angina pectoris.

SGPT = Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase and/or ALT = Alanine Aminotransferase

standard reference ranges:

males: 7-46 IU/L
females: 4-35 IU/L

SGPT levels follow SGOT but less so in MI, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer; more so in liver death and acute hepatitis.


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