title: [Biochemical and pharmacological check-up in emergency orientation].
abstract: Biochemical and pharmacological tests usually prescribed in casualty department were reviewed taking into account their physiological significance and predictive value : ions, total proteins, carbohydrate and nitrogenous metabolites, enzymes, tissue markers, pharmacological drugs. Few blood components were kept with the first intention, ideally with a turn around time below one hour: sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, total proteins, pCO2 and pO2, creatinine, glucose, ketone compounds, calcium, bilirubin, transaminases, lipase, C-reactive protein, myoglobin, troponin, chorionic gonadotropin hormone. Those tests do not have to be systematically performed but prescribed only after the evaluation of pre-test probabilities by the clinician.
authors.affiliation: Biochimie B, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue C. Vellefaux, 75010 Paris.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Feugeas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manchon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Augereau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Derache
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerber
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Magny
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merlin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers