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Chemistry Screen
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Taking medicine. Some medicines can cause changes in the normal values of a chemistry screen.
- Eating high-fat foods or drinking alcohol.
- Recent intravenous (IV) fluids, such as fluids given during surgery.
- Vomiting.
- Diarrhea.
- Dehydration.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference March 26, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Thomas M. Bailey, MD - Family Medicine |
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