Fibrinogen (Citrated plasma, frozen (cp))

Specimens:	1 ml Citrated plasma, frozen (cp)
Preanalytics/Notes:	Please always send a separate specimen for this test. Carefully mix citrated blood after blood sampling, centrifuge, transfer supernatant plasma into a new tube, label this tube accordingly, then freeze it and dispatch it frozen. No blood sampling from central venous catheter.
Method:	Turbidimetry
Dimension:	mg/dl
Alternate dimension:	g/l (Factor: 0.0099) Calculator
Set-up:	Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Duration:	1 day
Indication/Significance:	Diagnosis and follow up control of a consumptive coagulopathies (DIC) and/or hyperfibrinolyses Monitoring of fibrinogen substitution therapy Suspected congenital fibrinogen deficiency or defect Estimation of a cardiovascular risk
Interpretation:	Increased: Unspecific as more… Increased: Unspecific as acute phase protein with numerous diseases Cardiovascular risk factor if acute phase reaction is ruled out Decreased: Congenital afibrinogenaemia/hypofibrinogenaemia Acquired hypofibrinogenaemia e.g. in the case of acute bleeding with a so-called dilution coagulopathy or in the case of liver diseases with decreased synthesis capacity Fibrinolytic therapy Consumptive coagulopathy close

both sex
from 0 - 14 Days
No reference range known for this age
from 15 Days - 0 Months	136 - 300 mg/dl
from 1 Month - 4 Months	141 - 437 mg/dl
from 5 Months - 10 Months	148 - 367 mg/dl
from 11 Months - 4 Years	164 - 497 mg/dl
from 5 Years - 9 Years	171 - 537 mg/dl
from 10 Years - 16 Years	168 - 529 mg/dl
from 17 Years - 120 Years	200 - 393 mg/dl

Representation of age: "from" refers to the commenced year(s) (month) of age; "until" refers to the completed year(s) (month) of age.