Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)

Analyte [material]

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) [S/P]

Reference range, target level, or decision threshold

<480 IU/L

Interpretation of results

↑ Liver diseases with hepatocyte injury, hypoxia (hypotension, shock, respiratory failure), hemolysis, megaloblastic anemia, infectious mononucleosis, myocardial infarction, pulmonary infarction and other pulmonary diseases, renal infarction, malignancies (particularly hematopoietic and lymphoid tissue neoplasms, lung cancer, testicular germ cell tumors, metastases to the liver), status epilepticus and other central nervous system diseases, acute pancreatitis, skeletal muscle diseases, trauma, systemic connective tissue diseases, intestinal obstruction