Lab

Fibrinogen

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Fibrinogen

  • Mechanism
  1. Acute phase reactant
  • Normal
  1. Normal: 200-400 mg/dl
  • Increased Fibrinogen
  1. Tissue inflammation or damage
  2. Acute infection
  3. Myocardial Infarction
  4. Medications
    1. Oral Contraceptives
  5. Pregnancy
  • Decreased Fibrinogen
  1. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  2. Primary or Secondary Fibrinolysis
  3. Liver disease
  4. Hereditary afibrinogenemia or Hypofibrinogenemia
  5. Cachexia