{"id":32916,"date":"2023-04-02T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32916"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:32:01","slug":"alkaline-phosphatase-alp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/alkaline-phosphatase-alp\/","title":{"rendered":"Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>About the test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alkaline phosphatase is encountered in the liver, the bones, the intestines and the placenta. ALP value in blood accounts for the sum of its isoenzymes found in the aforementioned organs. ALP electrophoresis screens and analyzes each isoenzyme\u2019s quantity in the different organs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Preferably 12 hours fasting prior to testing. Water is allowed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obstruction of bile ducts<\/li>\n<li>Bone metastases<\/li>\n<li>Vitamin D deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Calcium deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Hepatitis<\/li>\n<li>Hepatic cirrhosis<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (paracetamol, captopril, diltiazem, allopurinol, antibiotics, estrogens, salicylates, antiepileptics)<\/li>\n<li>Pancreatic head cancer<\/li>\n<li>Hepatic cancer<\/li>\n<li>Breast cancer<\/li>\n<li>Osteomalacia<\/li>\n<li>Hyperparathyroidism<\/li>\n<li>Paget\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hypothyroidism<\/li>\n<li>Milk \u2013 alkali syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Placental insufficiency<\/li>\n<li>Celiac sprue<\/li>\n<li>Cystic fibrosis<\/li>\n<li>Hypophosphatemia<\/li>\n<li>Malnutrition<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (anticoagulants, contraceptives, hormone replacement treatment, propranolol, cinacalcet, fluorine, cyanides)<\/li>\n<li>Pernicious anemia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ALP is normally (up to three times) elevated in children and adolescents due to bone growth. Its value also rises with age, especially in women.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alkaline phosphatase is encountered in the liver, the bones, the intestines and the placenta. ALP value in blood accounts for the sum of its isoenzymes found in the aforementioned organs. ALP electrophoresis screens and analyzes each isoenzyme\u2019s quantity in the different organs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32916"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33484,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32916\/revisions\/33484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}