Basic metabolic panel

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A basic metabolic panel (BMP) is a set of seven or eight blood chemical tests.

Components

The version with seven tests is also known as "CHEM-7". The seven parts of a CHEM-7 include tests for:

• Four electrolytes:
  • sodium
  • potassium
  • chloride
  • bicarbonate or CO₂

• blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

• creatinine

• glucose

Calcium is often considered part of the BMP, though, by definition, it is not part of the CHEM-7.

Reporting

These lab values are often listed in a standard grid:

Na+	Cl-	BUN
K+	CO2	creatinine

Glucose (and sometimes calcium) are listed to the right of this grid, but there is greater variation in how these values are reported.

See also

• blood test
• reference ranges for common blood tests
• comprehensive metabolic panel

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