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blood test, tp, test that measures the total amount, protein in serum, serum, fluid portion of blood, fibrinogen, blood is drawn, a vein, a capillary, laboratory centrifuges the blood to separate the serum, cells, total protein test, on serum, health care provider, instruct to withhold certain drugs, affect the test, drugs, increase total protein measurements include anabolic steroids, androgens, corticosteroids, dextran, growth hormone, insulin, phenazopyridine, progesterone, drugs, decrease total protein measurements include ammonium ions, estrogens, hepatotoxic drugs, oral contraceptives, total protein, rough measure of serum protein, protein measurements, reflect nutritional state, kidney disease, liver disease, many other conditions, total protein is abnormal, further tests must be performed to identify which protein fraction, specific protein, abnormal, proteins, important constituents of all cells, tissues, proteins, made from amino acids, many different kinds of proteins, many different functions, enzymes, hormones, hemoglobin, oxygen transport, ldl, cholesterol transport, fibrinogen, blood clotting, collagen, structure of bone, cartilage, immunoglobulins, antibodies, examples of proteins, serum proteins, separated into two groups, albumin, globulins, total protein equals albumin plus globulin, globulins, roughly divided into alpha-1, alpha-2, beta, gamma globulins, albumin, protein of highest concentration, in the serum, plasma is serum plus fibrinogen, albumin, carrier of many small molecules, of prime importance in maintaining the osmotic pressure, the blood, keeping the fluid from leaking out, tissues, normal range is 6.0 to 8.3 gm/dl, grams per deciliter, normal values, from laboratory to laboratory, greater-than-normal levels, chronic inflammation, infection, multiple myeloma, waldenstrom's disease, lower-than-normal levels, burns, extensive, glomerulonephritis, hemorrhage, liver disease, malabsorption, inadequate absorption of nutrients, intestinal tract, malnutrition, protein-losing enteropathy, agammaglobulinemia, light chain disease, additional conditions under which the test performed, congenital nephrotic syndrome total protein measurement increased, pregnancy.