Total serum lipids

Total serum lipid is a general term for various lipid components of serum. There are various methods for measuring total fat, such as weighing method, colorimetric method and turbidimetric method. The weighing method is accurate, not only suitable for the determination of total lipids in serum, but also for the determination of total lipids in tissue homogenates, food, and feces, but the method is time-consuming. The turbidimetric method is simple, but its accuracy is poor. The colorimetric method is simple, accurate and suitable for general clinical requirements. Although the determination of serum total lipids is not a routine test, it is a common test item for clinical patients such as intravenous hypertrophic therapy. Due to the complex lipid components in the blood, the functions of each component are different, and the rules of change in the blood are different. Each lipid component increases or decreases during disease. Even if there is a significant obstacle to lipid metabolism, the total lipid content can remain unchanged. Changes in total lipids are not clear clinical significance. Now each component of blood lipids can be measured separately, and serum total lipids have been rarely measured clinically.

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