The results of the cold agglutinins test require a doctor's interpretation. In general, however, a normal value is lower than 1:32.
The cold agglutinins test is used to confirm the diagnosis of certain diseases that stimulate the body to produce cold agglutinins
Any value higher than 1:32 suggests a diagnosis of mycoplasmal pneumonia or one of the other viral infections or disease conditions indicated by this test.
disease most commonly diagnosed by this test is mycoplasmal pneumonia, but mononucleosis, mumps, measles, scarlet fever, some parasitic infections, cirrhosis of the liver, and some types of hemolytic anemia can also cause the formation of cold agglutinins
The febrile agglutinins test is used to confirm the diagonsis of certain infectious diseases that stimulate the body to produce febrile agglutinins.
There is a bedside version of the test in which the doctor collects four or five drops of blood in a small tube, cools the tube in ice water for 30-60 seconds, and looks for clumping of red blood cells.
Normal results will be negative, showing no antinuclear antibodies.
The meaning of a medical test result being lower than normal depends entirely on what medical test result it is. For some results, being lower than normal is not a big deal, or even a good thing; for some results it can be a very big deal, depending on how much lower than normal it is.
Normal results of the tilt table test should help the physician in assessing what may or may not be the cause of the syncope.
10-40 units/L
A Doppler ultrasonography test showing no restricted blood flow is a normal finding.
A normal result of an exercise stress test shows normal electrocardiogram tracings and heart rate, blood pressure within the normal range, and no angina, unusual dizziness, or shortness of breath.
Normal phlebography results show proper blood flow through the leg veins.