Fibrinogen

Fibrinogen

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Overview

• Fibrinogen is a blood clotting factor that is formed in the liver
• Fibrinogen is also an acute-phase protein
• Reference range: 180-350 mg/dl

Differential Diagnosis

In alphabetical order.

Decreased

• Ascites
• Asparaginase therapy
• Cachexia
• Congenital afibrinogenemia
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
• Hemodilution
• Hereditary afibrinogenemia or hypofibrinogenemia
• Liver failure
• Multiple Myeloma
• Pancreatic carcinoma
• Primary or secondary fibrinolysis
• Prostate carcinoma
• rPA
• Sepsis
• Shock
• Streptokinase
• T-PA
• TNK
• Urokinase

Increased

• Acute infection
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Drugs
• Myocardial Infarction
• Postoperative
• Pregnancy
• Tumor

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