Phosphate

Phosphates are the salt of phosphoric acid. The determination of the phosphate level serves, among other things, to diagnose diseases of the bones, kidneys, alcoholism and vitamin D deficiency.

Standard value: The standard value is between 1,1 and 2,0 mmol/l for children and 0,84 to 1,45 mmol/l for adults; in urine between 4 and 36 mmol/24 h.

Pathologically decreased: alcoholism, vitamin D deficiency, antacid therapy, intestinal malabsorption, gastrointestinal losses such as vomiting, diarrhoea or intestinal diseases, acidosis, diuretics, primary hyperparathyroidism, renal tubular defects, post-operative, burns, sepsis, competitive sports, oncogenic osteopathy, hyperalimentation, respiratory alkalosis, insulin therapy, familial hypophosphatemia

Pathologically increased: renal insufficiency, hypoparathyroidism, pseudohyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, vitamin D supply, increased phosphate supply, acute metabolic acidosis, tumor cell death, massive muscle cell death, catabolism