TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Blood A1 - Pfennig, Camiron L. A1 - Brown, B. Ethan A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason PY - 2021 T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - The appearance of blood in a tube from a peripheral blood draw can give a clue to disease. A specimen may demonstrate lipemia (see Fig. 25.62), which is defined as visible turbidity in serum samples due to lipoprotein particles, specifically chylomicrons. The most common cause of lipemia is hypertriglyceridemia. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181053151 ER -